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Heteranthera pauciflora C.N. Horn. Common name: Atlantic Mud-Plantain, Few-flowered Mud-Plantain. Phenology: Jun-Oct. Habitat: In shallow, stagnant water in floodplains (including freshwater tidal), or emersed on mud. Distribution: On the Atlantic Coastal Plain from NJ south through PA to ne. NC

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Taxonomy Comments: Formerly included in a broad concept of H. multiflora, which was considered to have three disjunct areas of distribution: H. multiflora s.s. (Argentina and Paraguay), H. missouriensis (centered in the Mississippi River Alluvial Plain), and H. pauciflora (Atlantic Coastal Plain from s. NJ to ne. NC).

Synonymy : = K4, NS, POWO, Horn (2020); = n/a — RAB; < Heteranthera multiflora (Griseb.) Horn — C, FNA26, Pa, Horn (1998); < Heteranthera reniformis Ruiz & Pav. — F, S13, Tat

Links to other floras: < Heteranthera multiflora - FNA26

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