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Hottonia inflata

American featherfoil
Stems

3–5 dm.
Leaves

widely spaced proximally, becoming clustered to whorled near inflorescence;

blade 1–8 cm.
Inflorescences

with inflated rachises (rays) and peduncle.
Flowers

calyx 3–10 mm, longer than corolla;

corolla white, 3–6 mm.
Capsules

1.5–3 mm.
Seeds

0.4–0.6 mm.
2n

= 22.

Hottonia inflata
Phenology Flowering summer.
Habitat Pools, swamps, streams, quiet backwaters
Elevation 0-200 m (0-700 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AL; AR; CT; DE; GA; IL; IN; KY; LA; MA; MD; ME; MO; MS; NC; NH; NJ; NY; OH; OK; RI; SC; TN; TX; VA; WV
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Discussion

Hottonia inflata has been reported from Prince Edward Island (J. F. MacSwain and F. Bain 1891). It was most likely a casual waif; no specimens are known and it has not been seen there since. No specimens have been found to substantiate reports of H. inflata occurring in Florida. It is listed as threatened or endangered in some states and is believed to be extirpated in Pennsylvania, where it was last collected in 1931.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 8, p. 259.
Parent taxa Primulaceae > Hottonia
Name authority Elliott: Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 1: 231. 1817 ,
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