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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Commelinales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Heteranthera reniformis   FAMILY Pontederiaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Heteranthera reniformis   FAMILY Pontederiaceae

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

Heteranthera reniformis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Heteranthera reniformis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 039-03-001:

Heteranthera reniformis   FAMILY Pontederiaceae

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

Heteranthera reniformis

 

COMMON NAME:
Kidneyleaf Mud Plantain


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image of Heteranthera reniformis, Kidneyleaf Mud Plantain

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_here_001_lvd

        

image of Heteranthera reniformis, Kidneyleaf Mud Plantain

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_here_004_lvd

        

image of Heteranthera reniformis, Kidneyleaf Mud Plantain

Bryan England    bry_heteranthera_2

August    Wake County    NC

Leaves reniform or cordate, usually wider than long (2-7.5cm wide), per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Heteranthera reniformis   FAMILY Pontederiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Heteranthera reniformis   FAMILY Pontederiaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Heteranthera reniformis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 039-03-001:
Heteranthera reniformis   FAMILY Pontederiaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3178

Emergent aquatic (rooted along shoreline, or entire plant floating); Forb
Annual/Perennial

Habitat: In shallow, stagnant water in floodplains, or emersed on mud, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

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

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LEAVES:
Simple
Petioles 3-15cm long
Margins entire

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White to pale blue
Radially symmetrical
6 petals
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Inflorescence a spike

FRUIT:
Capsule

 

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