*Bacopa repens (Swartz) Wettstein. Section: Herpestis. Common name: South American Water-hyssop. Phenology: Jul-Sep. Habitat: Freshwater pools. Distribution: Presumably native of the New World tropics. Attributed to se. VA by Pennell (1935); no documentation is known.
Origin/Endemic status: Neotropics
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, Fl6, FNA17, GW2, K4, RAB, Tn, WH3, Tippery et al (2024); = Macuillamia repens (Sw.) Pennell — S, Pennell (1935); = n/a — C; Gratiola repens Swartz. Basionym: Gratiola repens Sw. 1788
Links to other floras: = Bacopa repens - FNA17
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
- Great Plains: OBL
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