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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hydrolea quadrivalvis   FAMILY Hydroleaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hydrolea quadrivalvis   FAMILY Hydrophyllaceae

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

Hydrolea quadrivalvis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 160-01-001:

Hydrolea quadrivalvis   FAMILY Hydrophyllaceae

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

Nama quadrivalve

 

COMMON NAME:
Waterpod


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image of Hydrolea quadrivalvis, Waterpod

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_naqu_001_lvd

        

image of Hydrolea quadrivalvis, Waterpod

John B. Nelson    jbn_2663197431_ffa7498787

July    Dorchester County    SC

Flowers borne from leaf axils, some of which bear sharp spines, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).


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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hydrolea quadrivalvis   FAMILY Hydroleaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hydrolea quadrivalvis   FAMILY Hydrophyllaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 160-01-001:
Hydrolea quadrivalvis   FAMILY Hydrophyllaceae

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

 

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3094

Marginal emergent aquatic (rooted); Forb
Perennial

Habitat: swamp forests, backwater sloughs, especially in cypress-gum forests, marshes, ditches, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

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

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Axillary spines sometimes present

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
Margins entire

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Blue
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-parted calyx
5-lobed campanulate corolla
5 included stamens, fused to corolla
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Blue/Brown
Capsule

 

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