OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.

Your search found 12 taxa in the family Lythraceae, Loosestrife family, as understood by Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.

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camera icon Common Name: Toothcup, Lowland Rotala

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Rotala ramosior   FAMILY: Lythraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Rotala ramosior   FAMILY: Lythraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Rotala ramosior 135-01-001   FAMILY: Lythraceae

 

Habitat: Marshes, ditches, exposed drawdown muds and silts

Common (uncommon in Mountains of GA & NC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Roundleaf Toothcup, Dwarf Rotala

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Rotala rotundifolia   FAMILY: Lythraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Rotala rotundifolia   FAMILY: Lythraceae

 

Habitat: Canals, other wet disturbed areas

Non-native: Asia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Red Toothcup, Scarlet Toothcup, valley redstem

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ammannia coccinea   FAMILY: Lythraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ammannia coccinea   FAMILY: Lythraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ammannia coccinea 135-02-001   FAMILY: Lythraceae

 

Habitat: Marshes, ditches, exposed muddy river shores and banks, wet pine flatwoods, other wet places

Uncommon

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Water-purslane

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Didiplis diandra   FAMILY: Lythraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Didiplis diandra   FAMILY: Lythraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Peplis diandra 135-03-001   FAMILY: Lythraceae

 

Habitat: Stagnant water of pools, streams, and old beaverponds

Rare

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Water-oleander, Water-willow, Swamp Loosestrife, Peatweed

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Decodon verticillatus   FAMILY: Lythraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Decodon verticillatus   FAMILY: Lythraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Decodon verticillatus 135-04-001   FAMILY: Lythraceae

 

Habitat: Natural lakes, limesink ponds, peatlands, peaty swamps

Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Purple Loosestrife

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Lythrum salicaria   FAMILY: Lythraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lythrum salicaria   FAMILY: Lythraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lythrum salicaria 135-05-002   FAMILY: Lythraceae

 

Habitat: Swamps, marshes, other wet places

Rare

Non-native: Eurasia

 


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Common Name: Southern Winged Loosestrife

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Lythrum lanceolatum   FAMILY: Lythraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lythrum alatum var. lanceolatum   FAMILY: Lythraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lythrum lanceolatum 135-05-003   FAMILY: Lythraceae

 

Habitat: Pine savannas, pine flatwoods, blackland prairies, coastal prairies, marshes, swamps, other moist to wet places, ditches

Uncommon in GA, uncommon in SC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in Carolinas)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Northern Winged Loosestrife

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Lythrum alatum   FAMILY: Lythraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lythrum alatum var. alatum   FAMILY: Lythraceae

 

Habitat: Calcareous meadows, marl fens, and disturbed wet calcareous places

Rare

Native to Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Clammy Cuphea, Blue Waxweed

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cuphea viscosissima   FAMILY: Lythraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cuphea viscosissima   FAMILY: Lythraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cuphea viscosissima 135-06-001   FAMILY: Lythraceae

 

Habitat: Dry or wet places, especially over mafic or calcareous rocks

Uncommon in NC Mountains & NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Colombian Waxweed

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cuphea carthagenensis   FAMILY: Lythraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cuphea carthagenensis   FAMILY: Lythraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISSPELLED) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cuphea carthagensis 135-06-002   FAMILY: Lythraceae

 

Habitat: Marshes, ditches, floodplain forests, wet hammocks, other wet places

Common (rare in Piedmont)

Non-native: South America

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Crape-myrtle

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Lagerstroemia indica   FAMILY: Lythraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lagerstroemia indica   FAMILY: Lythraceae

 

Habitat: Commonly cultivated, persistent around old plantings, spreading to roadsides, old fields, suburban woodlands, and natural areas

Rare

Non-native: Asia

 


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Common Name: European Water-chestnut, Water-caltrop, Four-spined Water-chestnut

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Trapa natans   FAMILY: Lythraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Trapa natans   FAMILY: Trapaceae

 

Habitat: Farm ponds and other stagnant or slow-moving water

Non-native: Eurasia & Africa

 


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"Identification keys are a tool, but not an infallible one, and it is therefore critical to confirm your identifications. It is easy to make the dangerous assumption that 'it keys to it, so it must be it'." — Alan S. Weakley in Flora of the Southeastern US (2023)