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|accepted_name=Samolus
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 171. 1753
|year=1753
}}, {{Treatment/Publication
|title=Gen. Pl. ed.
|place=5, 78. 1754 ,
}}
|common_names=Water pimpernel;brookweed
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Theophrastaceae;Samolus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Theophrastaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Samolus]]</div></div>
|etymology=Ancient Celtic name for plant known to Druids
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=page 251, 252
|treatment_page=page 254
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> perennial; resin canals apparent. <b>Stems</b> erect or ascending to prostrate or arching, simple or diffusely branched. <b>Leaves</b> basal and cauline, cauline mostly alternate; blade spatulate to obovate, elliptic, or orbiculate, base attenuate to cuneate, margins usually entire, sometimes slightly crenate, apex obtuse to rounded (sometimes apiculate), surfaces glabrous, sometimes obscurely punctate. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal and axillary racemes or panicles [flowers solitary], 3–70-flowered, sometimes pedunculate. <b>Pedicels</b> present, bracteate or ebracteate. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals connate proximally, calyx lobes triangular to ovate, shorter to longer than tube; corolla white to pinkish, campanulate, lobes usually longer than tube, apex rounded to truncate or emarginate, sometimes erose; stamens borne near apex of corolla tube; filaments distinct; anthers closely aggregated initially around style or not; staminodes absent or 5 [10], borne at apex of corolla tube, petaloid or not; stigma capitate, truncate, or 2-lobed. <b>Capsules</b> pale tan to brown, valvate, globose; valves opening to base of calyx lobes. <b>Seeds</b> 20–50+, blackish brown to reddish brown, hemispheric, angular, minutely alveolate or reticulate. <b>x</b> = 12, 13.</span><!--

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|distribution=North America;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Eurasia;Africa (South Africa).
|discussion=<p>Species 10–12 (3 in the flora).</p>
|tables=
|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=crusio1981a
|text=Crusio, W. E. 1981. Die Gattung Samolus. Inform. Z. A. G. Wasserpflanzen 11: 3–8.
}}{{Treatment/Reference
|id=stahl2004b
|text=Ståhl, B. 2004. Samolaceae. In: K. Kubitzki et al., eds. 1990+. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants. 9+ vols. Berlin etc. Vol. 6, pp. 387–389.
}}
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==Key==
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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Inflorescences pedunculate, peduncles 5-10 cm; pedicels ebracteate; staminodes absent.
|[[Samolus ebracteatus|Samolus ebracteatus]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Inflorescences sessile or pedunculate, peduncles to 1.5 cm; pedicels bracteate; staminodes present
|[[#key-0-2| > 2]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Stems erect or ascending; plants not stoloniferous; pedicels with bract ca. midlength.
|[[Samolus parviflorus|Samolus parviflorus]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Stems prostrate or arching; plants stoloniferous or mat-forming; pedicels with bract proximal to midlength.
|[[Samolus vagans|Samolus vagans]]
|}
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Samolus
|author=Anita F. Cholewa
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Theophrastaceae
|illustrator=Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey
|illustration copyright=Flora of North America Association
|distribution=North America;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Eurasia;Africa (South Africa).
|reference=crusio1981a;stahl2004b
|publication title=Sp. Pl.;Gen. Pl. ed.
|publication year=1753;
|special status=
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|genus=Samolus
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