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Samolus ebracteatus

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Samolus ebracteatus
Sweetbay Natural Area, Palm Beach County, Florida.
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S. ebracteatus
Binomial name
Samolus ebracteatus
Kunth
Synonyms[1]
  • Samodia ebracteata (Kunth) Baudo
  • Samolus alyssoides A. Heller
  • Samolus cuneatus Small
  • Samolus ebracteatus subsp. alyssoides (A. Heller) R. Knuth
  • Samolus ebracteatus subsp. cuneatus (Small) R. Knuth
  • Samolus ebracteatus var. cuneatus (Small) Henrickson

Samolus ebracteatus, the limewater brookweed,[2] is a plant species known to Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and to the United States (Florida, Nevada, Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Kansas and New Mexico). It is found in wetlands, including seashore salt marshes, and near springs and intermittent rivers in desert areas.[3][4]

Samolus ebracteatus is a perennial herb up to 60 cm (24 inches) tall. Pinkish or white flowers are borne in a terminal raceme.[5][6][7][8]

The species is quite variable, with some recognizing 5 varieties[9] and others not recognizing any subspecific taxa.[10]

References

  1. ^ Tropicos
  2. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "​Samolus ebracteatus​". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  3. ^ Flora of North America v 8 p 255.
  4. ^ Dave's Garden Plantfiles, Limewater brookweed growing near a spring in southern Nevada
  5. ^ Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas i–xv, 1–1881. The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson.
  6. ^ Godfrey, R. K. & J. W. Wooten. 1981. Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southeastern United States Dicotyledons 1–944. Univ. Georgia Press, Athens.
  7. ^ Wunderlin, R. P. 1998. Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida i–x, 1–806. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.
  8. ^ Reyes-García, A. & M. Sousa Sánchez. 1997. Depresión central de Chiapas. La selva baja caducifolia. Listados Florísticos de México 17: 1–41.
  9. ^ Henrickson, J. 1983. A revision of Samolus ebracteatus sensu lato (Primulaceae). Southwestern Naturalist 28: 303-314.
  10. ^ Crusio WE (26 May 1984). "Notes on the genus Samolus L. (Primulaceae)". Communications of the Dutch Waterplant Society. 6: 13–16.