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Mecardonia
Mecardonia (axilflower) is a genus of herbaceous plants in the family Plantaginaceae (Plantain family). 31 species have been described, of which 12 are accepted. Its distribution is predominantly in South America, and South East United States, including Florida and Alabama but may be found as far north as Virginia. (see map) Five species are found in Argentina and three in the US.
10 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Yellow-flowered waterhyssop
speciesMecardonia procumbens
common axil-flower
speciesMecardonia acuminata
Mecardonia tenella
speciesMecardonia tenella
Yellow-flowered mecardonia
speciesMecardonia vandellioides
Mecardonia grandiflora
speciesMecardonia grandiflora
Mecardonia exilis
speciesMecardonia exilis
Mecardonia berroi
speciesMecardonia berroi
Mecardonia serpylloides
speciesMecardonia serpylloides
Mecardonia kamogawae
speciesMecardonia kamogawae
Mecardonia pubescens
speciesMecardonia pubescens
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 132747.