Lilaeopsis chinensis (Linnaeus) Kuntze. Common name: Marsh Lilaeopsis, Tidal Strapwort, Fiddler-crab Turf, Eastern Grasswort. Phenology: May-Oct. Habitat: Brackish and freshwater tidal marshes, especially in mud-flats in the intertidal zone, associated with Schoenoplectus pungens and other brackish marsh dominants. Distribution: NS south to c. peninsular FL and west to se. TX (Brown & Marcus 1998).
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: The epithet "chinensis" is a misnomer; the species is native to e. North America and has nothing to do with China.
Synonymy ⓘ: = C, Can, F, Fl7, FNA13, G, GW2, K4, MC, NE, NY, RAB, Tat, Va, WH3, Affolter (1985); = Crantzia lineata (Michx.) Nutt.; = Hydrocotyle chinensis L. = Hydrocotyle lineata Michx.; = Lilaeopsis lineata (Michx.) Greene — S, S13. Basionym: Hydrocotyle chinensis L. 1753
Links to other floras: = Lilaeopsis chinensis - FNA13
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
- Northcentral & Northeast: OBL
Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Prostrate-creeping, aquatic perennial.
Stems: Stems creeping, rooting at nodes, smooth.
Leaves: Leaves lacking a real blade, linear to narrowly club-shaped with round tip, flattened, hollow and segmented.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers in simple umbels on long stalks from leaf axils, 4-9 flowers per umbel, white, tiny, consisting of 5 petals.
Fruits: Fruit a joined pair of oval, curved, ridged seeds, each with 1 flat side facing each other.
Comments:
Height: 4-10 in.
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description: Prostrate-creeping, aquatic perennial.
stems: Stems creeping, rooting at nodes, smooth.
leaves: Leaves lacking a real blade, linear to narrowly club-shaped with round tip, flattened, hollow and segmented.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers in simple umbels on long stalks from leaf axils, 4-9 flowers per umbel, white, tiny, consisting of 5 petals.
fruits: Fruit a joined pair of oval, curved, ridged seeds, each with 1 flat side facing each other.
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