Echinodorus cordifolius (L.) Griseb.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Alismataceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Leaves variable in form, often broadly ovate, obtuse, cordate at the base, 15-20 cm. long and wide, but in smaller plants sometimes nearly lanceolate, acute at each end and but 2-5 cm. long; petioles angular, striate; scapes 1 or more, erect, 12-40 cm. tall; flowers 3-6 in the verticils; pedicels erect after flowering; sepals shorter than the heads; petals 46 mm. long; stamens often 12; styles longer than the ovary; fruiting heads bur-like, 4-6 mm. in diameter; achenes about 3 mm. long, narrowly obovate or falcate, 6-8-ribbed; beak apical, oblique, about one-half the length of the achene.
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Distribution
In sink-holes and fresh water swamps. Andros, Cat Island, Watling's Island, Crooked Island, Aeklin's Island, Fortune Island. Great Exuma, Grand Turk : Southeastern United States ; Jamaica ; Cuba to St. Thomas and Barbadoes. Bur-head.
South Andros Bahamas South America| Crooked Island Bahamas South America| Grand Turk Bahamas South America| United States of America North America| Jamaica South America| Cuba South America| Saint Thomas Virgin Islands of the United States South America| Barbados South America|