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Heteranthera limosa
Family Name Pontederiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Heteranthera limosa (Sw.) Willd.
Locality USA. Florida , Hillsborough Co. : Ca. 1.5 mi. S of South Mobley Road; ca. 2.5 mi. W of Citrus Park; Wetland creation area C. T28S, R17E, Sec. 9. 28° 52' 0" N 82° 27' 0" W
Description Flowers blue.
Habitat Mitigation bank.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector C. Vandaveer
Collection Date 19 Nov 1999
Accession Number 225258
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Heteranthera limosa
Family Name Pontederiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Heteranthera limosa (Sw.) Willd.
Locality USA. Florida , Sumter Co. : Along SE side of Paige Place, opposite St. Timothy's Catholic Church, The Villages. 28° 56' 48" N 81° 57' 21" W
Description Petals blue.
Habitat Flooded ditch bordering golf course.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector M. T. Strong 4024
Collection Date 31 Aug 2010
Accession Number 258126
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Heteranthera limosa
Family Name Pontederiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Heteranthera limosa (Sw.) Willd.
Locality USA. Florida , Miami-Dade Co. : SE corner of SW 360th Street and 167th Avenue. 25° 26' 0" N 80° 27' 38" W
Habitat Wet farm field with Conobea multifida, Cyperus iria, Pentodon pentandrus.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector K. A. Bradley 591
Collection Date 20 Jul 1997
Accession Number 222406
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Heteranthera limosa
Family Name Pontederiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Heteranthera limosa (Sw.) Willd.
Locality USA. Florida , Seminole Co. : Lake Amory.
Habitat Littoral zone, shoreline.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector T. Calhoun
with D. Barber
Collection Date 22 Jul 2010
Accession Number 255209
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Heteranthera limosa
Family Name Pontederiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Heteranthera limosa (Sw.) Willd.
Locality USA. Florida , Orange Co. : 0.75 mi. W of US 41 along dirt road between Lake Carlton and Lake Beuclair, near Zellwood. T20S, R27E, Sec. 8. 28° 43' 52" N 81° 36' 4" W
Habitat Agricultural field.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector R. Mears
with K. Holland
Collection Date 25 Aug 1991
Accession Number 202302
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Heteranthera limosa
Family Name Pontederiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Heteranthera limosa (Sw.) Willd.
Locality USA. Florida , Collier Co. : Lake Trafford area, W of Immokalee. 26° 12' 39" N 81° 48' 24" W
Description Leaves arrow or lance-shaped; flowers zygomorphic, 1-1.25 in. diameter.
Habitat Ca. 1 ft. of water in a ditch.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector G. Schmelz
Collection Date 14 Nov 2002
Accession Number 275760
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Heteranthera limosa
Family Name Pontederiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Heteranthera limosa (Sw.) Willd. - Determined By: C. N. Horn, 1990
Determination History
Heteranthera limosa (Sw.) Willd.
Locality USA. Mississippi , Jefferson Co. : 6 mi. SW of Fayette; in Loess Bluffs.
Description Local; flowers solitary, white.
Habitat In small stagnant pool, in weedy opening of secondary pine deciduous wood.
Reproductive State
Collector J. D. Ray, Jr. 8310
Collection Date 25 Jun 1957
Accession Number 19076
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Heteranthera limosa
Family Name Pontederiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Heteranthera limosa (Sw.) Willd. - Determined By: C. N. Horn, 1990
Determination History
Heteranthera dubia (Jacq.) MacMill.
Locality USA. Louisiana , La Salle Par. : Catahoula Lake at Indian Creek.
Habitat Open water.
Reproductive State
Collector R. D. Thomas 33175
with et al.
Collection Date 12 Oct 1972
Accession Number 115517
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Heteranthera limosa
Family Name Pontederiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Heteranthera limosa (Sw.) Willd.
Locality USA. Louisiana , Caldwell Par. : Along US 165 7 mi. N of Monroe adjoining rice/cotton field. T19N, R4E, Sec. 21.
Habitat Wet ditch.
Reproductive State
Collector D. D. Taylor 4422
with R.D. Thomas and Aquatic Plants Class
Collection Date 02 Aug 1983
Accession Number 207180
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Heteranthera limosa
Family Name Pontederiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Heteranthera limosa (Sw.) Willd.
Locality USA. Arkansas , Drew Co. : On S side of AR 35 E of Bayou Bartholomew E of Baxter. Sec. 35.
Description Weed.
Habitat In the edge of a rice field.
Reproductive State
Collector R. D. Thomas 158037
with E. Sundell and C. Amason
Collection Date 18 Sep 1998
Accession Number 273716
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Heteranthera limosa
Family Name Pontederiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Heteranthera limosa (Sw.) Willd.
Locality USA. Alabama , Monroe Co. : Ca. 0.8 mi. S of US 84 and 0.8 mi. N of the Alabama River; Claiborne. 31° 33' 29" N 87° 32' 16" W
Habitat Muddy ditch in cotton field; full sun.
Reproductive State
Collector A. R. Diamond 18252
Collection Date 20 Sep 2007
Accession Number 273204
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Heteranthera limosa
Family Name Pontederiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Heteranthera limosa (Sw.) Willd.
Locality USA. Arkansas , Ashley Co. : Ca. 1.8 mi. W of US 165 S of Boydell. T15S, R4W, Sec. 33.
Habitat Roadside ditch beside watermelon field at junction of two roads.
Reproductive State
Collector R. D. Thomas 97133
Collection Date 20 Jun 1986
Accession Number 200502
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Heteranthera limosa
Family Name Pontederiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Heteranthera limosa (Sw.) Willd. - Determined By: C. N. Horn, 1990
Determination History
Heteranthera limosa (Sw.) Willd.
Locality Cuba. Santa Clara Prov. Road, 5 mi. NE of Harvard House, Soledad, Cienfuegos. 22° 7' 39" N 80° 28' 13" W
Habitat In water of depression in cane field.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector W. H. Hodge
with R. A. Howard & R. K. Godfrey
Collection Date 12 Sep 1940
Accession Number 10958
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Heteranthera limosa
Family Name Pontederiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Heteranthera limosa (Sw.) Willd.
Locality USA. Florida , Lee Co. : Gasparilla Island State Park. 26° 48' 17" N 82° 16' 36" W
Description Aquatic herb; flowers blue.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector S.W. Braem
Collection Date 21 Sep 2012
Accession Number 296453
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Heteranthera limosa
Family Name Pontederiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Heteranthera limosa (Sw.) Willd. - Determined By: C. N. Horn, 1984
Determination History
Heteranthera sp.
Locality Nicaragua. Boaco Dept. Canals along rice experimental farms, 7.4 km SSW of El Papayal along road to El Tepalón (NIC 7). 12° 11' 0" N 85° 45' 60" W
Description Corolla blue; common.
Habitat In shallow water.
Reproductive State Flower
Elevation 70 to m
Collector R. R. Haynes
Collection Date 27 Jun 1982
Accession Number 219606
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Heteranthera limosa
Family Name Pontederiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Heteranthera limosa (Sw.) Willd. - Determined By: C. N. Horn, 1984
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Heteranthera limosa (Sw.) Willd.
Locality Nicaragua. Rivas Dept. At Las Piedras. 11° 37' 60" N 85° 51' 60" W
Description Corolla blue; abundant.
Habitat In water ca. 0.5 m deep; wet pasture with high nutrient content.
Reproductive State Flower
Elevation 35 to m
Collector R. R. Haynes
Collection Date 13 Mar 1981
Accession Number 219604
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Heteranthera limosa
Family Name Pontederiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Heteranthera limosa (Sw.) Willd. - Determined By: C. N. Horn, 1990
Determination History
Heteranthera limosa (Sw.) Willd. - Determined By: D. G. Burch,
Locality Mexico. Michoacán 15 km E Apatzingan, Route 120. 19° 5' 35" N 102° 21' 4" W
Description Emergent; flowers blue.
Habitat From shallow water; roadside ditch.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector D. Burch
Collection Date 31 Mar 1970
Accession Number 96954
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Heteranthera limosa
Family Name Pontederiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Heteranthera limosa (Sw.) Willd. - Determined By: S. R. Hill, Oct 1998
Locality USA. Illinois , Cass Co. : W side US 67, 12.8 mi. N of Morgan County line, Hobrock farm; Arenzville W quadrangle. T18N, R12W, Sec. 22 NE¼ SE¼ SW¼. 39° 52' 37" N 90° 22' 24" W
Description Flowers white to very pale blue, petioles spongy; very local.
Habitat Wet sandy muck, being plowed and drained; E and NE side of pond; sand pond.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector S. R. Hill
Collection Date 02 Sep 1998
Accession Number 283601
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Heteranthera limosa
Family Name Pontederiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Heteranthera limosa (Sw.) Willd. - Determined By: S. R. Hill, 2001
Locality USA. Illinois , Alexander Co. : IL 3 (FAP 312), McClure, W side, 1.6 mi. N of East Cape Girardeau Road (IL 146), vicinity of pavement marker 0235+00; McClure 7.5 minute USGS quadrangle; Mississippi River Floodplain. T14S, R3W, Sec. 9 SW¼ NW¼. 37° 18' 49" N 89° 26' 32" W
Description Flowers white, fragile; spongy annual herb, multistemmed, stems not rooting at nodes, ascending; occasional.
Habitat Disturbed wet silty and; alluvial deposits; margin of rice paddy, Oryza sativa, Bacopa rotundifolia, Heteranthera limosa, Leptochloa spp., Echinochloa spp.
Reproductive State
Elevation 340 to ft
Collector S. R. Hill
with J.A. Koontz
Collection Date 28 Aug 2001
Accession Number 282513
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Heteranthera limosa
Family Name Pontederiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Heteranthera limosa (Sw.) Willd. - Determined By: S. R. Hill, 2001
Locality USA. Illinois , Union Co. : Ware (S), W side, between highway and agricultural land, 0.35 mi. N of Refuge Drive, 2.3 mi. S of junction IL 146 (Ware); S side of bridge over Running Lake Ditch in vicinity of drainage culvert at pavement marker 222; Mississippi River floodplain; Ware 7.5 minute USGS quadrangle. T13S, R3W, Sec. 1 E½ E½ SE¼ NW¼. 37° 24' 55" N 89° 23' 22" W
Description Common to abundant herb; stems erect; flowers white or blue, erect.
Habitat On mudflats and in shallow water; diturbed wet silty sand and muck; alluvial deposits; marsh, drainage ditch, bordering, bordering agricultural land, dominated by Leptochloa spp., Echinochloa spp., Echinodorus spp., Heteranthera limosa, Polygonum spp., Lindernia dubia, Ammannia; associated closely with Lindernia dubia, Gratiola neglecta, Bacopa rotundifolia, Eclipta.
Reproductive State
Elevation 340 to ft
Collector S. R. Hill
with J.A. Koontz
Collection Date 12 Jun 2001
Accession Number 256689
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Heteranthera limosa
Family Name Pontederiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Heteranthera limosa (Sw.) Willd. - Determined By: S. R. Hill, 2001
Locality USA. Illinois , Union Co. : IL 3 (FAP 312), Reynoldsville (N), W side, between highway and agricultural land, 0.55 mi. N of Reynolds Road, 5 mi. S of junction IL 146 (Ware); Mississippi River Floodplain; Ware 7.5 minute USGS quadrangle. T13S, R3W, Sec. 24 SE¼ SW¼ NE¼ NW¼. 37° 19' 55" N 89° 24' 42" W
Description Occasional to locally common spongy-flesh erect herb rooted; flowers white or blue, open in morning.
Habitat Diturbed wet silty sand and muck; alluvial deposits; marsh, drainage ditch, bordering agricultural land, dominated by Carex hyalinolepis, Eleocharis macrostachyam Polygonum hydropiperoides, Polygonum Polygonum pensylvanicum, Heteranthera limosa, Lindernia dubia, Ludwiga peploides, Ammannia.
Reproductive State
Elevation 340 to ft
Collector S. R. Hill
with J.A. Koontz
Collection Date 13 Jun 2001
Accession Number 256653
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Heteranthera limosa
Family Name Pontederiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Heteranthera limosa (Sw.) Willd. - Determined By: C. N. Horn, 1990
Locality USA. Oklahoma , Payne Co. : Farm pond 300 yds. S of section line road 2 mi. N of OK 51 and 0.5 mi. E of Camp Redlands Road. T19N, R1E, Sec. 11. 33° 53' 60" N 94° 40' 0" W
Description Locally abundant.
Habitat In moist mud at edge of clear water pond; some plants partially submerged; associated with Juncus, Bacopa, Cyperus, Cephlanthus.
Reproductive State
Collector R. J. Tyrl
with N. Collins,G. Thompson
Collection Date 12 Jul 1973
Accession Number 192802
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Heteranthera limosa
Family Name Pontederiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Heteranthera limosa (Sw.) Willd. - Determined By: C. N. Horn, Sep 1994
Locality USA. Missouri , Butler Co. : MO 142, just W of junction with C-341, 3 mi. E of Neeleyville. T22N, R6E, Sec. 16 NE¼. 36° 32' 60" N 90° 30' 0" W
Description Occasional herb with white flowers.
Habitat Mud and shallow water, roadside ditch and rice fields.
Reproductive State
Collector Charles N. Horn
with G. Yatskievych
Collection Date 29 Sep 1994
Accession Number 212249
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Heteranthera limosa
Family Name Pontederiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Heteranthera limosa (Sw.) Willd. - Determined By: C. N. Horn, 2001
Locality USA. Illinois , Union Co. : IL 3 (FAP 312), Ware (S), W side, 0.35 mi. N of Refuge Drive, 2.3 mi. S of junction Il 146 (Ware); S side of bridge over Running Lake Ditch near drainage culvert at pavement marker 222; Mississippi River floodplain; Ware 7.5 minute USGS quadrangle. T13S, R3W, Sec. 1 E½ E½ SE¼ NW¼. 37° 24' 55" N 89° 23' 22" W
Description Common spongy annual herb, flowers white or blue, stems not rooting annual herb, flowers white or blue, stems not rooting at nodes.
Habitat In mud and shallow water in drainage ditch; degraded meadow - marsh tilled for agricultural use.
Reproductive State
Elevation 340 to ft
Collector S. R. Hill
Collection Date 29 Aug 2001
Accession Number 234528
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Heteranthera limosa
Family Name Pontederiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Heteranthera limosa (Sw.) Willd.
Locality USA. Florida , Hillsborough Co. : Alafia River State Park. In road atop old slurry berm.
Description Few seen; flowers white.
Habitat Only in 1-5" rain puddle.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector R. Rowe
with C. Becker
Collection Date 05 Oct 2017
Accession Number 302875
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Heteranthera limosa
Family Name Pontederiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Heteranthera limosa (Sw.) Willd.
Locality USA. Florida , Hillsborough Co. : McKay Bay Palm River Greenway, Tampa; along McKay Bay Trail. 27° 56' 29" N 82° 24' 37" W
Description Dense colonies, in flower.
Habitat Pot holes and ruts in poorly drained clay soils along trail.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector S. Dickman
with S. Medina, F. Perry
Collection Date 19 Sep 2018
Accession Number 303603
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