Alisma subcordatum

Rafinesque

Medical Repository hexade 2, 5:354. 1808.

Common names: Southern water-plantain alisma subcorde
Illustrated
Synonyms: Alisma parviflorum Pursh Alisma plantago-aquatica var. parviflorum (Pursh) Torrey
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 22.

Herbs, to 6 dm. Leaves emersed, rarely floating, petiolate; blade ovate to elliptic, to 15 × 10 cm. Inflorescences to 1 m. Flowers chasmogamous; sepals 1.5–2.5 (–6) mm; petals white, 1–3 mm, margins slightly erose, apex mostly acuminate; anthers rounded, 0.4–0.6 mm; style curved, 0.2–0.4 mm, ¼ length ovary. Fruiting heads 2–4 mm diam; achenes obliquely ovoid, 1.5–2.2 mm, abaxially rounded, with 1 abaxial groove; beak ascending. 2n =14.


Phenology: Flowering spring–fall.
Habitat: Shallow ponds, stream margins, marshes, and ditches
Elevation: 50–1500 m

Distribution

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N.B., Ont., Que., Ala., Ark., Colo., Conn., Del., D.C., Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kans., Ky., La., Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., Minn., Miss., Mo., Nebr., N.H., N.J., N.Y., N.C., N.Dak., Ohio, Okla., Pa., R.I., S.C., S.Dak., Tenn., Tex., Vt., Va., W.Va., Wis., Mexico

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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... more about "Alisma subcordatum"
rounded;ovoid +
0.04 cm0.4 mm <br />4.0e-4 m <br /> (0.06 cm0.6 mm <br />6.0e-4 m <br />) +
acuminate +
Robert R. Haynes +  and C. Barre Hellquist +
Rafinesque +
attenuate;rounded +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
ovate +  and elliptic +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (?) +  and 10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (?) +
lanceolate +
Southern water-plantain +  and alisma subcorde +
N.B. +, Ont. +, Que. +, Ala. +, Ark. +, Colo. +, Conn. +, Del. +, D.C. +, Ga. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Iowa +, Kans. +, Ky. +, La. +, Maine +, Md. +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Minn. +, Miss. +, Mo. +, Nebr. +, N.H. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, N.Dak. +, Ohio +, Okla. +, Pa. +, R.I. +, S.C. +, S.Dak. +, Tenn. +, Tex. +, Vt. +, Va. +, W.Va. +, Wis. +  and Mexico +
50–1500 m +
u--shaped +
subsessile +  and long-pedicellate +
hypogynous +
compressed +
Shallow ponds, stream margins, marshes, and ditches +
decumbent +  and floating +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (100 cm1,000 mm <br />1 m <br />) +
submersed +  and emersed +
decumbent +  and floating +
deciduous +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
triangular +
Flowering spring–fall. +
not radiating +
Medical Repository +
decumbent +  and floating +
not septate +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
persistent +
not sculptured +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
Illustrated +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
0.02 cm0.2 mm <br />2.0e-4 m <br /> (0.04 cm0.4 mm <br />4.0e-4 m <br />) +
Alisma parviflorum +  and Alisma plantago-aquatica var. parviflorum +
Alisma subcordatum +
species +
emersed +  and submersed +
bracteolate +  and branching +