OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

Your search found 1 taxon in the family Podostemaceae, Riverweed family, as understood by PLANTS National Database.

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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Riverweed, Threadfoot, Riffleweed

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Podostemum ceratophyllum   FAMILY: Podostemaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Podostemum ceratophyllum   FAMILY: Podostemaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Podostemum ceratophyllum 090-01-001   FAMILY: Podostemaceae

 

Habitat: Attached to rocks and dams in rapidly or slowly flowing water

Common (rare in Coastal Plain)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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"Although prairies may be grasslands in terms of sheer volume of vegetation, about three out of every four plant species found there are wildflowers. Prairies are blossom lands and thus, butterfly lands." — Douglas Chadwick, The American Prairie, Root of the Sky, National Geographic, October 1993