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Genus: Heteranthera — mud-plantain

Reference: Horn (2002).

Stems: Heteranthera dubia. ~ By West Virgina University Press. ~ Copyright © 2025 West Virgina University Press. ~ Carrie Mullen, carrie.mullen[at]mail.wva.edu ~ P.D. Strasbaugh and Earl L. Core, Flora of West Virginia. 1970. West Virginia U. Press, Morgantown, WV

Leaves: Heteranthera dubia. ~ By Donald Cameron. ~ Copyright © 2025 Donald Cameron. ~ No permission needed for non-commercial uses, with proper credit

Family

Pontederiaceae (pickerel-weed family)

This genus’s species in New England

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