Bacopa innominata
Revista Soc. Cub. Bot. 13: 61. 1957.
Common names: Tropical water-hyssop
WeedyEndemic
Basionym: Conobea innominata M. Gómez Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 23: 278. 1895
Synonyms: Bacopa cyclophylla Fernald B. stragula Fernald Herpestis rotundifolia C. F. Gaertner 1807
Perennials. Stems prostrate, 8–14 cm, hairy. Leaves hairy; blade base ± truncate, margins entire, apex rounded. Pedicels 6–10 mm. Flowers: sepals 5, ovate to oblong, calyx bilaterally symmetric; corolla white with white throat, 2–5 mm; stamens 2–4, equal.
Phenology: Flowering Jun–Sep.
Habitat: Marshy areas, alluvial deposits along streams, wet ditches, muddy shores and banks.
Elevation: 0–200 m.
Distribution
Fla., Ga., Md., N.C., S.C., Va.
Discussion
Bacopa innominata differs from B. rotundifolia in having corollas entirely white; B. rotundifolia has corollas with yellow throats.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
"outer wider" is not a number.
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hypogynous +
rounded +
simple +
truncate +
absent +
absent +
symmetric +
campanulate +
Tropical water-hyssop +
symmetric +
white +
drupe-like +
absent +
glabrous +
bisexual +
axillary +
opposite +
cauline +
hairy +
axile +
spiciform +
absent +
hypogynous +
connate +
absent +
absent +
obscure +
2-carpellate +
Revista Soc. Cub. Bot. +
1957 +
absent +
reticulate +
brownish black +
80;120 +
distinct +
outer +
didynamous +
adnate +
equal +
absent +
equal +
prostrate +
erect;prostrate +
absent +
hairy +
flattened +
absent +
Bacopa innominata +
Bacopa +
species +
white +
pilose +
perennial +
rooting +
autotrophic +
fleshy +
absent +