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Marsileaceae
Pilularia

not marked as a favorite taxon Pilularia americana A. Braun. Common name: American Pillwort. Phenology: Apr-Oct. Habitat: Vernal pools and seepage areas on granitic flatrocks, other ponds, drawdown shores of lakes. Distribution: This peculiar plant has a puzzling distribution, being known from several disjunct regions: WA to s. CA; NE and MO south to e. and c. TX; SC, GA, TN, AL, and Mexico (Durango and Baja California Norte); similar plants, perhaps conspecific, occur in South America and Africa. The apparently fragmented distribution may be partly explainable by the inconspicuous nature of the plant. First reported for SC in 1993 (J. Allison, pers. comm.).

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = AqW, Ar, ETx1, FNA2, GrPl, K4, Mo1, NS, POWO, S13, Sf, Tn, Tx, TxFerns; = n/a — C, RAB. Basionym: Pilularia americana A.Braun 1863 [1864]

Links to other floras: = Pilularia americana - FNA2

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL
  • Great Plains: OBL
  • Midwest: OBL

Heliophily ⓘ: 9

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image #1 of Pilularia americana© Alan Cressler: Pilularia americana, Hood Road Flatrock, Walton County, Georgia 5 by Alan Cressler source
image #2 of Pilularia americana© Tim Koles CC-BY | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Pilularia americana© Tim Koles CC-BY | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Pilularia americana© Alan Cressler: Pilularia americana, Cherokee National Forest, Polk County, Tennessee 1A by Alan Cressler source
image #5 of Pilularia americana© Keith Bradley | Original Image ⭷
image #6 of Pilularia americana© Alan Cressler: Pilularia americana, Hood Road Flatrock, Walton County, Georgia 3 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image #7 of Pilularia americana© Bruce Sorrie
image #8 of Pilularia americana© Keith Bradley | Original Image ⭷
image #9 of Pilularia americana© Alan Cressler: Pilularia americana, Hood Road Flatrock, Walton County, Georgia 2 by Alan Cressler source

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