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Limewater brookweed

Samolus ebracteatus

Also called Mojave Water Pimpernel, Water Pimpernel, Bractless Brookweed

Limewater brookweed
Photo: Bob Peterson from North Palm Beach, Florida, Planet Earth!, CC BY-SA 2.0
Family
Primulaceae (Primul family)
Grows as
Perennial
Water
Likes moisture
Native range
C. & S. U.S.A. to Guatemala, Bahamas to Cuba
Climate
temperate

About

Samolus ebracteatus, the limewater brookweed, is a plant species known to Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and to the United States (Florida, Nevada, Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Kansas and New Mexico). It is found in wetlands, including seashore salt marshes, and near springs and intermittent rivers in desert areas.

Samolus ebracteatus is a perennial herb up to 60 cm (24 inches) tall. Pinkish or white flowers are borne in a terminal raceme.

Other Samolus plants

Samolus junceus · Creeping Brookweed · Seaside brookweed · Brookweed

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Samolus ebracteatus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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