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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Samolus parviflorus
FAMILY
Primulaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Water-pimpernel at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Samolus valerandi ssp. parviflorus
FAMILY
Primulaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Samolus valerandi
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8 (2009)
Samolus parviflorus
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 147-05-001:
Samolus parviflorus FAMILY Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Samolus floribundus
COMMON NAME:
Water-pimpernel, Brookweed
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_safl10_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_sapa9_002_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Samolus parviflorus
FAMILY
Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Samolus valerandi ssp. parviflorus
FAMILY
Primulaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Samolus valerandi
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8
Samolus parviflorus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 147-05-001:
Samolus parviflorus
FAMILY
Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Samolus floribundus
2241
Forb
Annual/Perennial
Habitat: Stream banks, tidal freshwater and oligohaline marshes, pools in floodplains, calcareous seepage swamps, interdune ponds, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain, common in Piedmont of GA & SC (uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
White
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals united at base
5-lobed rotate corolla
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p120
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p299
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p107
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p122
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