Mecardonia procumbens

(Miller) Small

Fl. S.E. U.S., 1065, 1338. 1903.

Common names: Baby jump-up
Basionym: Erinus procumbens Miller Gard. Dict. ed. 8, Erinus no. 6. 1768
Synonyms: Bacopa procumbens (Miller) Greenman Mecardonia tenuis Small
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 275. Mentioned on page 273.

Stems spreading, prostrate, or ascending, 10–60 cm, glandular. Leaves glandular; blade 10–25 × 6–12 mm, 4–8 times bracts, margins sharply serrate. Pedicels ascending, 7–25 mm. Flowers: calyx lobes equal; corolla lemon yellow with reddish veins in throat, abaxial lip prominent, adaxial lobes connate nearly to apices; stamens medially adnate to corolla. Capsules 4–5 mm. Seeds 60–80, brown, radial walls of reticulum mamillate. 2n = 22, 44.


Phenology: Flowering May–Oct.
Habitat: Wetlands, edges of streams, springs and seeps, deserts in upland washes and canyons with moisture.
Elevation: 90–1600 m.

Distribution

Ala., Ariz., Fla., Ga., La., Miss., N.Mex., Tex., Mexico, Central America, introduced in Asia (India, Sri Lanka), Africa (Cameroon, Sierra Leone), Australia.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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Adjoa Richardson Ahedor +
(Miller) Small +
Erinus procumbens +
Baby jump-up +
Ala. +, Ariz. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, La. +, Miss. +, N.Mex. +, Tex. +, Mexico +, Central America +, introduced in Asia (India +, Sri Lanka) +, Africa (Cameroon +, Sierra Leone) +  and Australia. +
90–1600 m. +
Wetlands, edges of streams, springs and seeps, deserts in upland washes and canyons with moisture. +
Flowering May–Oct. +
Fl. S.E. U.S., +
Bacopa procumbens +  and Mecardonia tenuis +
Mecardonia procumbens +
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