OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.

Your search found 2 taxa in the family Saururaceae, Lizard's-tail family, as understood by Weakley's Flora.

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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Lizard's-tail, Water-dragon

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Saururus cernuus   FAMILY: Saururaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Saururus cernuus   FAMILY: Saururaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Saururus cernuus 050-01-001   FAMILY: Saururaceae

 

Habitat: Swamps, overwash pools in stream floodplains, freshwater and oligohaline tidal marshes, semipermanently inundated rocky bars and shores, beaver ponds, ditches, usually where water ponds seasonally or periodically. In swamps of the Coastal Plain, Saururus often is dominant in large patches

Common (rare in Mountains)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Fishmint, Chameleon-plant, Fishleaf

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Houttuynia cordata   FAMILY: Saururaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Houttuynia cordata   FAMILY: Saururaceae

 

Habitat: Disturbed areas, moist suburban forests, ditches, spread from cultivation

Waif(s)

Non-native: east Asia

 


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"Irregular flowers are not radially symmetrical; that is, their petals or petal-like parts are not similar in size, shape or color. Usually these flowers have upper and lower parts that are called lips. Familiar irregular flowers are Violets, Orchids and Peas." — Lawrence Newcomb, Newcomb's Wildflower Guide