Bacopa repens
Nat. Pflanzenfam. 67[IV,3b]: 76. 1891.
Common names: Creeping water-hyssop
WeedyIntroduced
Basionym: Gratiola repens Swartz Prodr., 14. 1788
Synonyms: Macuillamia repens (Swartz) Pennell
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Annuals or perennials. Stems erect, 15–40 cm, hairy, glabrescent. Leaves hairy, glabrescent; blade base narrowly cuneate, margins entire, apex rounded. Pedicels 1.5–15 mm. Flowers: sepals 4 (or 5), oblong to lanceolate, calyx bilaterally symmetric; corolla pink with pink throat or white with white throat, 2–5 mm; stamens 4, didynamous. 2n = 28.
Phenology: Flowering Jul–Sep.
Habitat: Muddy sites, pools, rice fields.
Elevation: 0–100 m.
Distribution
Introduced; Calif., Fla., La., S.C., Tex., West Indies (Greater Antilles), West Indies (Lesser Antilles), West Indies (Puerto Rico), Central America, also in Mexico, South America (Colombia), Asia (China)
Discussion
Selected References
Lower Taxa
None.
"outer wider" is not a number.
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rounded +
simple +
cuneate +
absent +
absent +
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campanulate +
Creeping water-hyssop +
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pink +
drupe-like +
absent +
glabrous +
bisexual +
axillary +
true +
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cauline +
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spiciform +
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connate +
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obscure +
2-carpellate +
Nat. Pflanzenfam. +
1891 +
absent +
reticulate +
brownish black +
80;120 +
distinct +
outer +
didynamous +
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equal +
absent +
equal +
erect +
absent +
flattened +
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Bacopa repens +
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pilose +
rooting +
autotrophic +
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