Bacopa innominata

(M. Gómez) Alain

Revista Soc. Cub. Bot. 13: 61. 1957.

Common names: Tropical water-hyssop
WeedyEndemic
Basionym: Conobea innominata M. Gómez Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 23: 278. 1895
Synonyms: Bacopa cyclophylla Fernald B. stragula Fernald Herpestis rotundifolia C. F. Gaertner 1807
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Perennials. Stems prostrate, 8–14 cm, hairy. Leaves hairy; blade base ± truncate, margins entire, apex rounded. Pedicels 6–10 mm. Flowers: sepals 5, ovate to oblong, calyx bilaterally symmetric; corolla white with white throat, 2–5 mm; stamens 2–4, equal.


Phenology: Flowering Jun–Sep.
Habitat: Marshy areas, alluvial deposits along streams, wet ditches, muddy shores and banks.
Elevation: 0–200 m.

Distribution

Fla., Ga., Md., N.C., S.C., Va.

Discussion

Bacopa innominata differs from B. rotundifolia in having corollas entirely white; B. rotundifolia has corollas with yellow throats.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"outer wider" is not a number.

... more about "Bacopa innominata"
rounded +
Adjoa Richardson Ahedor +
(M. Gómez) Alain +
alternate +, opposite +, whorled +, helical +  and subopposite +
Conobea innominata +
not leathery +, not +  and fleshy +
campanulate +
Tropical water-hyssop +
bilabiate +, regular +  and symmetric +
tubular +, campanulate +  and rotate +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
Fla. +, Ga. +, Md. +, N.C. +, S.C. +  and Va. +
drupe-like +
0–200 m. +
curved +  and straight +
1 +  and 4 +
loculicidal +, septicidal-loculicidal +  and dehiscence +
Marshy areas, alluvial deposits along streams, wet ditches, muddy shores and banks. +
persistent +  and deciduous +
5 (?) +  and 4 (?) +
serrate +, crenate +  and entire +
axile +  and parietal +
basal +, apical +  and superior +
tenuinucellate +, unitegmic +  and hemitropous +
campylotropous +, hemianatropous +  and anatropous +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
5 +  and 4 +
Flowering Jun–Sep. +
Revista Soc. Cub. Bot. +
minute +
brownish black +
ellipsoid +  and cylindric +
distinct +
ovate +  and oblong +
Weedy +  and Endemic +
2 +  and 4 +
climbing +  and scrambling +
erect;prostrate +
8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br /> (14 cm140 mm <br />0.14 m <br />) +
flattened +
Bacopa cyclophylla +, B. stragula +  and Herpestis rotundifolia +
Bacopa innominata +
species +
gibbous +  and not spurred +
perennial +  and annual +
submerged +  and emergent +