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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Rotala ramosior
FAMILY
Lythraceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rotala ramosior
FAMILY
Lythraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 10 (2021)
Rotala ramosior
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Rotala ramosior
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 135-01-001:
Rotala ramosior FAMILY Lythraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rotala ramosior
COMMON NAME:
Toothcup, Lowland Rotala
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_rora_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_rora_006_lvd
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_rotala_ramosior
August
Leaves linear to narrowly lanceolate, short-tapered to both ends, sessile, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_rotala_ramosiorb
August
Petals absent or, if present, purplish-white and soon dropped, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Rotala ramosior
FAMILY
Lythraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rotala ramosior
FAMILY
Lythraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 10
Rotala ramosior
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Rotala ramosior
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 135-01-001:
Rotala ramosior
FAMILY
Lythraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rotala ramosior
3745
Forb
Annual
Habitat: marshes, ditches, exposed drawdown muds and silts, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in Mountains of GA & NC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaves sessile
Margins entire
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White or purplish-white
4(-6) sepals
4 petals or petals absent
4 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
Flowers in leaf axils, usually solitary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Yellow-gold, golden-brown
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p103
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p054
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p254
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p306
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