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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Justicia ovata   FAMILY Acanthaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Justicia ovata var. ovata   FAMILY Acanthaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Justicia ovata

INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)

Justicia ovata

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 171-05-002:

Justicia ovata   FAMILY Acanthaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Justicia ovata

 

COMMON NAME:
Coastal Plain Water-willow, Looseflower Water-willow


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image of Justicia ovata, Coastal Plain Water-willow, Looseflower Water-willow

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_diov2_001_lvd

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Justicia ovata   FAMILY Acanthaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Justicia ovata var. ovata   FAMILY Acanthaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Justicia ovata

INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Justicia ovata

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 171-05-002:
Justicia ovata   FAMILY Acanthaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Justicia ovata

 

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1987

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: swamps, marshes, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Pale violet/ White
5-lobed calyx
2-lipped corolla, upper lip notched, lower three-lobed
2 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Brown
Capsule

 

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