Mecardonia acuminata var. acuminata

IllustratedEndemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 274. Mentioned on page 273.

Stems branched from middle, rarely diffuse. Leaf-blades 20–30 mm. Fruiting pedicels divaricate, 17–35 mm, 1–2 times bracts.


Phenology: Flowering Jul–Oct.
Habitat: Moist sand and loam, near streams, ditches, roadsides, partial shade.
Elevation: 0–900 m.

Distribution

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Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Kans., La., Miss., Mo., N.C., Okla., S.C., Tenn., Tex., Va., W.Va.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
projecting +  and spreading +
Adjoa Richardson Ahedor +
- Walter Small +
alternate +, opposite +, whorled +, helical +  and subopposite +
Gratiola acuminata +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> - 3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> - 3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> +
1-2 times bracts +
not leathery +  and not fleshy +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> - 1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> +
1.7 cm17 mm <br />0.017 m <br /> - 3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br /> +
campanulate +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> - 0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> +
woody +  and herbaceous +
campanulate +
Ala. +, Ark. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Kans. +, La. +, Miss. +, Mo. +, N.C. +, Okla. +, S.C. +, Tenn. +, Tex. +, Va. +  and W.Va. +
drupe-like +
0–900 m. +
curved +  and straight +
1 +  and 4 +
loculicidal +  and septicidal +
Moist sand and loam, near streams, ditches, roadsides, partial shade. +
persistent +  and deciduous +
entire +  and subentire toothed or lobed +
axile +  and parietal +
basal +, apical +  and superior +
tenuinucellate +, unitegmic +  and hemitropous +
campylotropous +, hemianatropous +  and anatropous +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> - 2.2 cm22 mm <br />0.022 m <br /> +
5 +  and 4 +
Flowering Jul–Oct. +
Fl. S.E. U.S., +
minute +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
climbing +  and scrambling +
sprawling +, creeping +  and prostrate +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> - 60 cm600 mm <br />0.6 m <br /> +
Bacopa acuminata +
Mecardonia acuminata var. acuminata +
Mecardonia acuminata +
variety +
gibbous +  and not spurred +
reddish +  and purple +