OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Basal Angiosperms (flowering plants): Nymphaeales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cabomba caroliniana   FAMILY Cabombaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cabomba caroliniana   FAMILY Cabombaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Cabomba caroliniana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Cabomba caroliniana

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Cabomba caroliniana var. caroliniana

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Cabomba caroliniana var. pulcherrima

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 075-01-001:

Cabomba caroliniana   FAMILY Cabombaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Cabomba caroliniana

 

COMMON NAME:
Fanwort, Carolina Fanwort


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image of Cabomba caroliniana, Fanwort, Carolina Fanwort

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_caca_001_lvd

        

image of Cabomba caroliniana, Fanwort, Carolina Fanwort

Keith Bradley    kab_c_caroliniana_1518

August    Richland County    SC

Sesquicentennial State Park

Submerged lvs dissected; floating lvs peltate(unlike Brasenia, no "jelly"), per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).


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image of Cabomba caroliniana, Fanwort, Carolina Fanwort

Keith Bradley    kab_c_caroliniana_1523

August    Richland County    SC

Sesquicentennial State Park

image of Cabomba caroliniana, Fanwort, Carolina Fanwort

Frank Bridges    fab_fanwort2

September    Cobb County    GA

Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area

Petals are white with a yellow base, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cabomba caroliniana   FAMILY Cabombaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cabomba caroliniana   FAMILY Cabombaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cabomba caroliniana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Cabomba caroliniana

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Cabomba caroliniana var. caroliniana

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Cabomba caroliniana var. pulcherrima

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 075-01-001:
Cabomba caroliniana   FAMILY Cabombaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cabomba caroliniana

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2982

Submersed aquatic that sometimes also has floating leaves (rooted); Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Millponds, lakes, slow-moving streams, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in Coastal Plain, rare in Piedmont

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LEAVES:
Simple - peltate
Submersed leaves opposite; floating leaves inconspicuous, alternate
Leaves have petioles.

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
White with a yellow center
Radially symmetrical
3 sepals (usually)
3 petals (usually)
3-6 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall

 

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