Heteranthera limosa (Swartz) Willdenow. Common name: Blue Mud-Plantain. Phenology: Jun-Oct. Habitat: Shallow water and muddy shores of rivers, ponds, lakes, and reservoirs, wet ditches, agricultural fields, other wet areas. Distribution: KY, MN, SD, and CO, south to AL (Diamond & Woods 2009), MS, LA, TX, and AZ; Mexico, Central and South America, West Indies. Attributed to VA in Small (1933), but the documentation is not known.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, ETx1, F, FNA26, G, Il, K4, Meso6, Mo1, NcTx, NS, POWO, S, S13, Tn, Tx, WH3, WI, Horn (1998), Horn (2020); = n/a — RAB; Pontederia limosa Swartz. Basionym: Pontederia limosa Sw. 1788
Links to other floras: = Heteranthera limosa - FNA26
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL
- Great Plains: OBL
- Midwest: OBL
- Northcentral & Northeast: OBL
Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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