Bacopa eisenii

(Kellogg) Pennell

Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 98: 96. 1946.

Common names: Western hydranthele Gila River water-hyssop
WeedyEndemic
Basionym: Ranapalus eisenii Kellogg Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 7: 113. 1877
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 262. Mentioned on page 260.

Perennials. Stems prostrate, 15–60 cm, hairy. Leaves hairy; blade base broadly cuneate to truncate, margins entire, apex rounded. Pedicels 17–51 mm. Flowers: sepals 5, ovate to oblong, calyx bilaterally symmetric; corolla white with yellow throat, 10–14 mm; stamens 3, equal. 2n = 56.


Phenology: Flowering May–Oct.
Habitat: Marshes, ponds, pools, wet soil, wet ditches, rice fields.
Elevation: 30–1100 m.

Discussion

Bacopa eisenii was reported by T. H. Kearney and R. H. Peebles (1960) based on a specimen labeled B. rotundifolia at ARIZ.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"outer wider" is not a number.

... more about "Bacopa eisenii"
rounded +
Adjoa Richardson Ahedor +
(Kellogg) Pennell +
alternate +, opposite +, whorled +, helical +  and subopposite +
Ranapalus eisenii +
cuneate to truncate +  and cuneate +
not leathery +, not +  and fleshy +
campanulate +
Western hydranthele +  and Gila River water-hyssop +
bilabiate +, regular +  and symmetric +
tubular +, campanulate +  and rotate +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br />) +
Ariz. +, Calif. +  and Nev. +
drupe-like +
30–1100 m. +
curved +  and straight +
1 +  and 4 +
loculicidal +, septicidal-loculicidal +  and dehiscence +
Marshes, ponds, pools, wet soil, wet ditches, rice fields. +
persistent +  and deciduous +
5 (?) +  and 4 (?) +
serrate +, crenate +  and entire +
axile +  and parietal +
basal +, apical +  and superior +
tenuinucellate +, unitegmic +  and hemitropous +
campylotropous +, hemianatropous +  and anatropous +
1.7 cm17 mm <br />0.017 m <br /> (5.1 cm51 mm <br />0.051 m <br />) +
5 +  and 4 +
Flowering May–Oct. +
Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia +
minute +
brownish black +
ellipsoid +  and cylindric +
distinct +
ovate +  and oblong +
Weedy +  and Endemic +
climbing +  and scrambling +
erect;prostrate +
15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br /> (60 cm600 mm <br />0.6 m <br />) +
flattened +
Bacopa eisenii +
species +
gibbous +  and not spurred +
perennial +  and annual +
submerged +  and emergent +