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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Centella erecta   FAMILY Apiaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Centella erecta   FAMILY Apiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-02-001:

Centella asiatica   FAMILY Apiaceae

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

Centella repanda

 

COMMON NAME:
Centella, Erect Coinleaf, False Pennywort


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_ceer2_002_lvd

        

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JK Marlow    jkm160415_155

April    Turner County    GA

Sometimes included in C. asiatica, which otherwise has an Old World distribution, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

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JK Marlow    jkm160416_338

April    Lowndes County    GA

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JK Marlow    jkm140601_301

May    Greenville County    SC

Furman University

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JK Marlow    jkm140601_301b

May    Greenville County    SC

Furman University

Leaves entire to repand (weakly sinuate) to dentate, cordate or truncate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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JK Marlow    jkm140601_307

May    Greenville County    SC

Furman University

Leaves pubescent beneath; petioles lanate to glabrescent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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JK Marlow    jkm140604_457

June    Greenville County    SC

Furman University

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JK Marlow    jkm140611_720

June    Greenville County    SC

Furman University

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JK Marlow    jkm140612_748

June    Greenville County    SC

Furman University

Petals soon deciduous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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JK Marlow    jkm140612_771

June    Greenville County    SC

Furman University

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JK Marlow    jkm140612_774

June    Greenville County    SC

Furman University

Petals of C. asiatica are described as "white or rose-tinged" by Flora of China, and as white, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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JK Marlow    jkm140612_781

June    Greenville County    SC

Furman University

image of Centella erecta, Centella, Erect Coinleaf, False Pennywort

JK Marlow    jkm140612_802

June    Greenville County    SC

Furman University

image of Centella erecta, Centella, Erect Coinleaf, False Pennywort

JK Marlow    jkm140612_807

June    Greenville County    SC

Furman University

Rhizomatous, acaulescent perennial. Leaves usually clustered at the nodes, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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JK Marlow    jkm140711_716

July    Greenville County    SC

Furman University

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JK Marlow    jkm140711_719

July    Greenville County    SC

Furman University

Involucre of 2 conspicuous bracts. Umbels simple, subcapitate, axillary, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Centella erecta, Centella, Erect Coinleaf, False Pennywort

JK Marlow    jkm140711_722

July    Greenville County    SC

Furman University

Peduncles pubescent, shorter than the petioles, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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Sharleen Johnson    shj_3295175050700080

December    Charleston County    SC

Francis Marion National Forest

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Centella erecta   FAMILY Apiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Centella erecta   FAMILY Apiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-02-001:
Centella asiatica   FAMILY Apiaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3668

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: pine savannas, pondshores, ditches, and a wide variety of other moist to wet habitats, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Plant acaulescent (without aerial stems)
Leaves have long petioles.

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Whitish
5-merous
Sepals obsolete
5 petals
Inferior ovary

Flowers in simple, axillary umbels

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of two mericarps

 

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