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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pontederia cordata var. lancifolia   FAMILY Pontederiaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pontederia cordata   FAMILY Pontederiaceae

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

Pontederia cordata

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America

Pontederia cordata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)

Pontederia cordata var. lancifolia

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 039-02-001?:

Pontederia cordata   FAMILY Pontederiaceae

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

Pontederia lanceolata

 

COMMON NAME:
Lanceleaf Pickerelweed


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image of Pontederia cordata var. lancifolia, Lanceleaf Pickerelweed

JK Marlow    jkm160416_303

April    Lowndes County    GA

Found in marshes, pond and lake shores of the Coastal Plain, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Pontederia cordata var. lancifolia, Lanceleaf Pickerelweed

Dan Whitten    sdw_pontederia

May    Georgetown County    SC

image of Pontederia cordata var. lancifolia, Lanceleaf Pickerelweed

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_p_cordata_lance_4

July        

Each plant produces a 5" spike of violet-blue flowers, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Pontederia cordata var. lancifolia, Lanceleaf Pickerelweed

JK Marlow    jkm0308a_20

August    Williamsburg County    SC

Leaves lanceolate, the base generally cuneate to truncate, per Weakley's Flora (2022).


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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pontederia cordata var. lancifolia   FAMILY Pontederiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pontederia cordata   FAMILY Pontederiaceae

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

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Pontederia cordata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Pontederia cordata var. lancifolia

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 039-02-001?:
Pontederia cordata   FAMILY Pontederiaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2696

Emergent aquatic (rooted); Forb
Perennial

Habitat: marshes, pond-shores, lake-shores, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in GA Coastal Plain (uncommon in SC, rare in NC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Blue
2-lipped 6-lobed funnelform corolla
6 stamens (3 long exserted & 3 short included)
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall

 

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