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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Brasenia schreberi   FAMILY Cabombaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Brasenia schreberi   FAMILY Cabombaceae

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

Brasenia schreberi

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Brasenia schreberi

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 075-02-001:

Brasenia schreberi   FAMILY Cabombaceae

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

Brasenia schreberi

 

COMMON NAME:
Water-shield, Purple Wen-dock


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image of Brasenia schreberi, Water-shield, Purple Wen-dock

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_brsc_001_lvd

        

image of Brasenia schreberi, Water-shield, Purple Wen-dock

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_brsc_003_lvd

        

image of Brasenia schreberi, Water-shield, Purple Wen-dock

Alan S. Weakley    asw_246514964619928

May    Cumberland County    NC

Carvers Creek State Park

image of Brasenia schreberi, Water-shield, Purple Wen-dock

John B. Nelson    jbn_2529320856_27cb0b6ac9

May    Kershaw County    SC

Goodale State Park

Flowers solitary, reddish-brown, about 1" wide, held above water surface on red stems, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).

image of Brasenia schreberi, Water-shield, Purple Wen-dock

JK Marlow    jkm150529_113

May    Spartanburg County    SC

Leaf blades all floating, peltate, elliptic, not notched, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).


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image of Brasenia schreberi, Water-shield, Purple Wen-dock

JK Marlow    jkm150529_114

May    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Brasenia schreberi, Water-shield, Purple Wen-dock

Will Stuart    wil_8936037265_dc6c3b3f3b

May    Chesterfield County    SC

Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge

Bottom left flower functionally pistillate, center flower functionally staminate.

image of Brasenia schreberi, Water-shield, Purple Wen-dock

Will Stuart    wil_8936136491_eb6b36b2c3

May    Chesterfield County    SC

Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge

Protogyny (female parts maturing before male) prevents self-fertilization, per Book of Swamp and Bog (Eastman, 1995).

image of Brasenia schreberi, Water-shield, Purple Wen-dock

Will Stuart    wil_8936630516_1f654115ef

May    Chesterfield County    SC

Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge

Often grows in extensive stands that exclude other vegetation, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).

image of Brasenia schreberi, Water-shield, Purple Wen-dock

Will Stuart    wil_8936841310_eeeed27323

May    Chesterfield County    SC

Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge

Stems, leaf stalks & leaf undersides coated with a gelatinous material, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).

image of Brasenia schreberi, Water-shield, Purple Wen-dock

Keith Bradley    kab_b_schreberi_9525

June    Richland County    SC

Sesquicentennial State Park

Flowers consist of 6 recurved tepals, a cluster of erect, pinkish-purple stamens & a pink ovary, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Brasenia schreberi   FAMILY Cabombaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Brasenia schreberi   FAMILY Cabombaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Brasenia schreberi

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 075-02-001:
Brasenia schreberi   FAMILY Cabombaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2986

Floating-leaved aquatic (rooted); Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Lakes, ponds, sluggish streams, floodplain oxbow ponds, beaver ponds, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

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

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LEAVES:
Simple - peltate
Alternate
Leaves have long petioles.

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Red-purple
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals
12-20 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual (functionally unisexual through protogyny)

Flowers solitary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall

 

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