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Thalia geniculata Linnaeus. Common name: Bent Alligator-flag, Lilies, Bent Thalia. Phenology: Late Jun-Dec. Habitat: Ponds, sloughs, marshes, strand swamps, cypress domes. Distribution: FL, s. AL, and se. GA; Central and South America; West Indies; w. Africa.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA22, GW1, K4, S, WH3; > Thalia divaricata Chapm. — S13. Basionym: Thalia geniculata L. 1753

Links to other floras: = Thalia geniculata - FNA22

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL

Heliophily ⓘ: 9

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