Bergia texana (Hook.) Seub.

PLANTS OF ILLINOIS, USA
Bergia texana (Hook.) Seubert
Elatinaceae
Dei.; S. R. Hill, (ILLS) 2001
ALEXANDER COUNTY 37° 19’ 18.3” N. Lat.
89° 25’ 50.9” W. Long. T. 14S, R. 3W, SE1/4,
SW1/4, SW1/4, Sect. 3 Illinois Route 3 (FAP 312),
McClure, southeast side, periodically ponded area,
sometimes cropped, north of the east-west Devil’s
Island Road (508E), just north of town line. Opposite
abandoned barn. McClure 7.5 minute U.S.G.S.
quadrangle. Elevation about 340 feet. Disturbed wet
silty sand; alluvial deposits.
Degraded floodplain marsh, herbicided and tilled, with
Physalis angulata, Polygonum spp., Ammannia
coccinea, Echinodorus berteroi, Cyperus spp., Bergia
texana, Rumex spp. Locally common annual herb,
erect; flowers inconspicuous; many hundreds of
individuals within a strip of vegetation that escaped
herbicide. Apparently common in seedbank.
Steven R. Hill 34236
Jason A. Koontz
28 August 2001
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