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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Magnoliids: Piperales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Houttuynia cordata   FAMILY Saururaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Houttuynia cordata   FAMILY Saururaceae

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

Houttuynia cordata

 

COMMON NAME:
Fishmint, Chameleon-plant, Fishleaf


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image of Houttuynia cordata, Fishmint, Chameleon-plant, Fishleaf

Keith Bradley    kab_827585282210732

June    Lexington County    SC

Floodplain

Chameleon-plant has heart-shaped leaves with impressed nerves, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

image of Houttuynia cordata, Fishmint, Chameleon-plant, Fishleaf

Keith Bradley    kab_827585282210732b

June    Lexington County    SC

Floodplain

4 white petal-like bracts subtend flowers composed of a dense short spike of stamens & ovaries, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

image of Houttuynia cordata, Fishmint, Chameleon-plant, Fishleaf

Keith Bradley    kab_827585328877394

June    Lexington County    SC

Floodplain

image of Houttuynia cordata, Fishmint, Chameleon-plant, Fishleaf

Keith Bradley    kab_827585338877393

June    Lexington County    SC

Floodplain

image of Houttuynia cordata, Fishmint, Chameleon-plant, Fishleaf

Keith Bradley    kab_827585362210724

June    Lexington County    SC

Floodplain

image of Houttuynia cordata, Fishmint, Chameleon-plant, Fishleaf

Keith Bradley    kab_827585375544056

June    Lexington County    SC

Floodplain

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Houttuynia cordata   FAMILY Saururaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Houttuynia cordata   FAMILY Saururaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4782

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Disturbed areas, moist suburban forests, ditches, spread from cultivation, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: east Asia

Waif(s)

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INVASIVE

This plant is causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
Margins entire

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomatous

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Spikes green, bracts white
Spikes subtended by 4 white petal-like bracts
Petals absent
3 stamens
Ovary semi-inferior
Bisexual

Inflorescence a spike

FRUIT:
Capsule

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!



 


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