OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Myrtales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Didiplis diandra   FAMILY Lythraceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Didiplis diandra   FAMILY Lythraceae

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

Didiplis diandra

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Didiplis diandra

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 135-03-001:

Peplis diandra   FAMILY Lythraceae

 

COMMON NAME:
Water-purslane


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image of Didiplis diandra, Water-purslane

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_didi_001_lvd

        

image of Didiplis diandra, Water-purslane

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_didi_003_lvd

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Didiplis diandra   FAMILY Lythraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Didiplis diandra   FAMILY Lythraceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Didiplis diandra

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 135-03-001:
Peplis diandra   FAMILY Lythraceae

 

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4245

Aquatic w submersed, emersed, or floating leaves, or decumbent terrestrial herb; Forb
Annual

Habitat: Stagnant water of pools, streams, and old beaverponds, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Reddish?
4-merous
4-lobed campanulate calyx
Petals absent
2 included stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Flowers solitary in leaf axils

FRUIT:
Capsule

 

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