Limnocharis flava
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Read about Limnocharis flava in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Limnocharis flava, Buchen. (L. Plumieri, Rich. L. emarginata, Humb. & Bonpl. Alisma flavum, Linn.). Sts. erect, angled, 10-16 in. high in bloom: lvs. erect, standing out of the water, the blade from lanceolate to broad ovate, cuneate or cordate at base: fls. in umbel-like clusters of 2-12, the peduncle 3-angled and toward the top 3-winged; sepals broadly ovate and obtuse, greenish; petals broadly ovate or orbicular, yellow: carpels 15-20, scarcely cohering. W. Indies and S. Amer. B.M. 2525. — Limnocharis flava is entirely distinct from Hydrocleis nymphoides (which see). The light green oblong, blunt lvs. are very characteristic and ornamental; petiole triangular, 1-2 in. high: the fls., produced on a scape, are pale yellow bordered white. Seed is produced very freely, and as the seed matures the scapes fall to the water, the seed ripens and sinks to the bottom, and when grown out-of-doors, sometimes renews itself the following season. The fl.-scape, as soon as it rests on the water, throws up a shoot, which produces another plant in a short time, which again produces fls., seeds and shoots, and so on. The plant may be grown in pots or tubs or planted out in shallow water in early summer.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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