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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Mayaca fluviatilis   FAMILY Mayacaceae   Go to FSUS key



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Mayaca fluviatilis   FAMILY Mayacaceae

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

Mayaca fluviatilis

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 22 (2000)

Mayaca fluviatilis

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Mayaca fluviatilis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 034-01-002:

Mayaca fluviatilis   FAMILY Mayacaceae

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

Mayaca fluviatilis

 

COMMON NAME:
Stream Bogmoss


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image of Mayaca fluviatilis, Stream Bogmoss

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_mayaca_fluviatilis1

June    Richmond County    NC

The very leafy creeping stems resemble a moss or clubmoss, hence the name, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).


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image of Mayaca fluviatilis, Stream Bogmoss

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_mayaca_fluviatilis1b

June    Richmond County    NC

Single pink flowers, 7-12mm across, grow from slender erect stalks, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Mayaca fluviatilis   FAMILY Mayacaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mayaca fluviatilis   FAMILY Mayacaceae

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

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 22
Mayaca fluviatilis

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Mayaca fluviatilis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 034-01-002:
Mayaca fluviatilis   FAMILY Mayacaceae

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

 

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3051

Submersed aquatic (rooted) or shoreline terrestrial; Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Mucky marshes, streams, swamp forests, shores of natural lakes (rarely in artificial impoundments), in saturated soil or variously submersed, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in GA Coastal Plain, rare in Carolinas

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, spirally arranged

FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
White or pink
Radially symmetrical
3-merous
3 sepals
3 petals
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Flowers solitary in leaf axils

FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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