*Drymaria cordata (Linnaeus) Willdenow ex Roemer & J.A. Schultes var. cordata . Common name: Drymary, West Indian Chickweed. Habitat: Moist hammocks, moist disturbed areas. Distribution: Sc. GA south to s. FL south into the New World tropics, the North American distribution probably all adventive (not reported for the Southeastern US by Chapman 1883, Mohr 1901, or Small 1903); also Old World tropics.
Origin/Endemic status: Neotropics
Taxonomy Comments: Var. diandra Blume is restricted to the Old World.
Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA5; = Drymaria cordata (L.) Willd. ex Roem. & Schult. ssp. cordata — K4, Duke (1961); = n/a — RAB; < Drymaria cordata (L.) Willd. ex Roem. & Schult. — Bah, Fl4, Mex, S, WH3. Basionym: Drymaria cordata (L.) Willd. ex Roem. & Schult. 1819
Links to other floras: = Drymaria cordata var. cordata - FNA5
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC (name change)
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