Nasturtium floridanum |
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Florida yellowcress |
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Habit | Plants usually glabrous throughout, rarely sparsely pubescent. |
Stems | 1.5–9 dm. |
Cauline leaves | petiole not winged, base not auriculate; blade 3–5(–7)-foliolate, (1.5–)3–7(–10) cm; lateral leaflets petiolulate, rachis not winged, blade often much smaller than terminal; terminal leaflets (or simple blade) subreniform, orbicular, ovate to oblong, or obovate, 0.5–3.5 × 0.5–3 cm, base obtuse, subcordate, rounded, or cuneate, margins repand, entire, or, rarely, obtusely dentate, apex obtuse or rounded. |
Flowers | sepals 2–3 × 1–1.5 mm; petals white, spatulate, 4–5 × 1.5–2 mm, apex rounded; filaments 2–3 mm; anthers 0.6–0.9 mm. |
Fruiting pedicels | divaricate, straight or slightly recurved, 5–15 mm. |
Fruits | 1.5–3 cm × 0.9–1.2 mm; ovules 34–50 per ovary; style 0.5–2.5 mm. |
Seeds | uniseriate, light or yellowish brown, ovoid, 0.6–0.8(–0.9) × 0.4–0.7 mm, minutely reticulate with 400–500 areolae on each side. |
2n | = 32. |
Nasturtium floridanum |
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Phenology | Flowering Feb–Oct. |
Habitat | Flowing streams, hummock margins, springs, swamps, stream banks |
Elevation | 0-50 m (0-200 ft) |
Distribution |
FL |
Discussion | Nasturtium floridanum is known from Brevard, Citrus, Clay, Collier, Columbia, Dade, Duval, Gilchrist, Hillsborough, Lake, Levy, Manatee, Marion, Seminole, Sumter, Taylor, Volusia, and Wakulla counties. Nasturtium stylosum Shuttleworth ex O. E. Schulz (1936), not (de Candolle) O. E. Schulz ex Cheesman (1911) is an illegitimate name, sometimes found in synonymy with N. floridanum. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 7, p. 492. |
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Synonyms | Rorippa floridana, N. stylosum |
Name authority | (Al-Shehbaz & Rollins) Al-Shehbaz & R. A. Price: Novon 8: 125. (1998) |
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