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Caperonia palustris (L.) A. St.-Hil.

United States, Florida, Alachua, FDACS DPI, Doyle Conner Building, 1911 SW 34th St. 29°38'07.2"N 82°22'14.5"W. Growing in disturbed waste area at NE corner of property. Monoecious annual herb, ca. 15-30 cm. Stem erect, glandular-pubescent. Inflorescence spiciform, interrupted. Styles 3, fimbriate. Fruit a capsule, 3-seeded, strigose, muricate.

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Caperonia palustris (L.) A. St.-Hil.

United States, Florida, Seminole, ca. 15 map miles NW of Orlando, S of Lake Harney, on N side of FL 46 at junction with Jungle Rd, 2.1 miles E of junction with CR 426 (in Geneva), ca. 1.2 miles E of Geneva City Limits sign, 0.4 mile E of large N-S powerline. Bottomland forest (mosaic with swampy spots, possibly hydric hammock, at least in spots), with Sabal palmetto, Quercus virginiana, Celtis occidentalis, Liquidambar, Magnolia virginiana, Ulmus americana, Juniperus virginiana, Acer rubrum, Taxodium distichum, Myrcianthes fragrans, Psychotria nervosa, Toxicodendron radicans, Blechnum serrulatum, roadside edge with Urena lobata, Vigna luteola, Boehmeria cylindrica, Bidens alba, Cyperus croceus, C. polystachyos, C. haspan, C. virens, Eleusine indica, Dactyloctenium aegyptium, Alternanthera philoxeroides, Hyptis alata, Polygonum setaceum, Micromeria brownei, Pouzolzia zeylanica. Erect herb ca. 0.3-0.7 m tall; male flowers white; dozens of stems here, many in shallow water (roadside ditches). 28.72129, -81.08185.