OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Alismatales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Vallisneria americana   FAMILY Hydrocharitaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vallisneria americana   FAMILY Hydrocharitaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America

Vallisneria americana

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)

Vallisneria americana

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 028-03-001:

Vallisneria americana   FAMILY Hydrocharitaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Vallisneria americana

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Vallisneria spiralis

 

COMMON NAME:
American Eelgrass, Water-celery, Tapegrass, Vallisneria


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image of Vallisneria americana, American Eelgrass, Water-celery, Tapegrass, Vallisneria

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_vasp_001_lvd

        

image of Vallisneria americana, American Eelgrass, Water-celery, Tapegrass, Vallisneria

JK Marlow    jkm160914_149

September        

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Leaves straplike, elongate, linear, not differentiated into petiole and blade, per Weakley's Flora.


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image of Vallisneria americana, American Eelgrass, Water-celery, Tapegrass, Vallisneria

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmvalligneria_americana

Month Unknown        

Leaves 5-6(-10)mm x usually >40cm, lacking red-purple longitudinal stripes, per Weakley's Flora.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Vallisneria americana   FAMILY Hydrocharitaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vallisneria americana   FAMILY Hydrocharitaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Vallisneria americana

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Vallisneria americana

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 028-03-001:
Vallisneria americana   FAMILY Hydrocharitaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Vallisneria americana

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Vallisneria spiralis

 

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2353

Submersed aquatic
Perennial
Dioecious

Habitat: Lakes, rivers, estuaries, sounds, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal
Petioles absent

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Stoloniferous

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White
3-merous
2 stamens (usually)
Unisexual

Flowers in leaf axils

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall

 

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