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Lindernia grandiflora

savanna false-pimpernel, savannah false pimpernel
Habit Perennials.
Stems

repent or prostrate, matted, rooting at proximal or most nodes, 2–30(–43) cm.
Leaves

cauline, thick;

petiole absent;

blade orbiculate, widely elliptic, or widely ovate, 2–16 × 1.5–16 mm, palmately 3–7-veined, leathery, margins entire, remotely toothed, or undulate;

distal well developed or slightly reduced.
Pedicels

6–38 mm, 2–5 times subtending leaves.
Flowers

sepals 2–5.8 mm, connate to 1/8 lengths;

corolla tube and adaxial lip lavender or blue to white, abaxial lobes white with violet to blue spots or streaks, tube 5–9 mm, adaxial lip 1/4 abaxial;

stamens 2;

staminodes each with appendage and distal segment.
Capsules

ellipsoid, sometimes obliquely or narrowly ovoid, 2.3–6.9 × 1.2–2.5 mm.
Seeds

6-angled, strongly ribbed.

Lindernia grandiflora
Phenology Flowering year-round.
Habitat Swamps, low woods and grasslands, wet depressions, ditches and along edges of streams and ponds, usually in sandy soil.
Elevation 0–50 m. (0–200 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
FL; GA
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Discussion

Lindernia grandiflora has been introduced into the horticultural trade in the southern United States as a container plant or groundcover for wet areas or in bogs or water gardens. It is sometimes sold under the name "Ilysanthes floribunda," which has no standing in botanical nomenclature, or as blue moneywort or angel's tears.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 17, p. 354.
Parent taxa Linderniaceae > Lindernia
Sibling taxa
L. antipoda, L. ciliata, L. crustacea, L. dubia, L. monticola
Synonyms Ilysanthes grandiflora
Name authority Nuttall: Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 43. (1818)
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