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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Samolus parviflorus   FAMILY Primulaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Samolus valerandi ssp. parviflorus   FAMILY Primulaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Samolus valerandi

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8 (2009)

Samolus parviflorus

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 147-05-001:

Samolus parviflorus   FAMILY Primulaceae

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

Samolus floribundus

 

COMMON NAME:
Water-pimpernel, Brookweed


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image of Samolus parviflorus, Water-pimpernel, Brookweed

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_safl10_001_lvd

        

image of Samolus parviflorus, Water-pimpernel, Brookweed

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_sapa9_002_lvd

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Samolus parviflorus   FAMILY Primulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Samolus valerandi ssp. parviflorus   FAMILY Primulaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Samolus valerandi

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8
Samolus parviflorus

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 147-05-001:
Samolus parviflorus   FAMILY Primulaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2241

Forb
Annual/Perennial

Habitat: Stream banks, tidal freshwater and oligohaline marshes, pools in floodplains, calcareous seepage swamps, interdune ponds, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain, common in Piedmont of GA & SC (uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
White
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals united at base
5-lobed rotate corolla

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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