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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Micranthemum umbrosum
FAMILY
Linderniaceae
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Read more about Shade Mudflower at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Micranthemum umbrosum
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Micranthemum umbrosum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Micranthemum umbrosum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-10-001:
Micranthemum umbrosum FAMILY Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Globifera umbrosa
COMMON NAME:
Shade Mudflower
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Micranthemum umbrosum
FAMILY
Linderniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Micranthemum umbrosum
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Micranthemum umbrosum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Micranthemum umbrosum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-10-001:
Micranthemum umbrosum
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Globifera umbrosa
4236
Forb
Annual/Perennial
Habitat: Shallow pools, stagnant streams, wet depressions in swamp forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaves sessile
Margins entire
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
White
Bilaterally symmetrical
4 sepals
4-lobed corolla
Superior ovary
Bisexual
Flowers solitary in leaf axils
FRUIT:
Capsule
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