Justicia ovata var. ovata

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Species Distribution Map
Family:ACANTHACEAE
Species:Justicia ovata (Walter) Forsyth f. var. ovata
Common Name:Loose Flower Water Willow; Coastal Plain Water Willow
Habitat:Wooded swamps, sloughs, ox-bows. Often on the bases of bald cypress.
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:JUOVO
Plant Notes:Coastal Plain Water Willow is a native herbaceous perennial in the Acanthus family (Acanthaceae). It can be found throughout Alabama. Coastal Plain Water Willow occurs in swamps, in hardwood floodplain forests, around the margins of ox bow lakes and sloughs, on sand bars, and in roadside ditches. It is a perennial from a rhizome, sometimes forming extensive clones. The stems are erect, 4-angled, green in color, and glabrous. Leaves are opposite, sessile or with short petioles, lanceolate to elliptic or ovate in outline, glabrous or with a few scattered hairs, with entire or crenate margins. The flowers are produced solitary or in pairs in axillary and terminal spikes. The calyx has 5 linear green lobes. The corolla is 2-lipped and white to purple in color. The lower lip of the corolla is marked with dark purple. The fruit is a capsule. Justicia ovata (Walter) Lindau var. lanceolata (Chapman) Long has flowers produced mostly on the same side of the spike, singly and more widely spaced, leaves 5× as long as wide, and smooth seed.—A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, OBL (DEP), OBL (NWI)
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyACANTHACEAE - Acanthus family
Genus Justicia
Species Justicia ovata (Walter) Forsyth f. var. ovata - Loose Flower Water Willow; Coastal Plain Water Willow

Citation

Citation Justicia ovata (Walter) Forsyth f., Bot. Nomencl. 13. 1794.
Basionym: Dianthera ovata Walter 1788.
Type: USA: SOUTH CAROLINA: Georgetown Co.: Andrews, 14 Jul 1939, Godfrey & Tryon 545 (neotype: GH; isoneotypes: BH, CA, CAS, MO). Neotypified by D.B. Ward, J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 2: 476. 2008.

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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Dianthera humilis Dianthera humilis (Michaux) A. W. Wood, Amer. Bot. Fl. 235. 1870.BASIONYM: Justicia humilis Michaux 1803. 
Dianthera ovata Dianthera ovata Walter, Fl. Carol. 63. 1788. TYPE: SOUTH CAROLINA: Georgetown Co.: Andrews, 14 Jul 1939, Godfrey & Tryon 545 (neotype: GH; isoneotypes: BH, CA, CAS, MO). Neotypified by D. B. Ward, J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 2: 476. 2008.
Ecbolium ovatum Ecbolium ovatum (Walter) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 978. 1891.BASIONYM: Dianthera ovata Walter 1788. 
Justicia humilis Justicia humilis Michaux, Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 8. 1803. TYPE: "Carolina ad Floridam",

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Dallas, Elmore, Escambia, Greene, Hale, Henry, Houston, Lamar, Limestone, Marengo, Marshall, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Perry, Pike, Russell, Sumter, Tuscaloosa, Wilcox

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AMAL, AUA, BRIT, JSU, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1879 - 1980

Barcode / Accession No.
County
Coll. Date
Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
Image
UNA00027553 Baldwin 01 Sep 1879 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Justicia ovata (Walt.) Lindau
USAM000000706 Baldwin 08 May 1970 Wofford, B. Eugene
10469		 USAM
Justicia ovata (Walter) Lindau
USAM000000707 Baldwin 20 Jun 1970 LeLong, Michel G.
5427		 USAM
Justicia ovata (Walter) Lindau
USAM000000705 Baldwin 25 May 1974 LeLong, Michel G.
7761		 USAM
Justicia ovata (Walter) Lindau
USAM000000704 Baldwin 30 Jul 1976 LeLong, Michel G.
9322		 USAM
Justicia ovata (Walter) Lindau
AUA000025412 Baldwin 28 Jun 1977 BOTTS, DANIEL A.
009		 AUA
JUSTICIA OVATA (WALT.) LINDAU
TROY000000711 Barbour 15 Jul 2001 Diamond, Alvin R.
12548		 TROY
Justicia ovata (Walter) Lindau
AUA000025413 Bullock 25 Jun 1988 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
5088		 AUA
JUSTICIA OVATA (WALT.) LINDAU
TROY000014492 Bullock 03 Jul 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
19527		 TROY
Justicia ovata (Walter) Lindau
TROY000036155 Bullock 02 Aug 2012 Dykes, Bailee
1161		 TROY
Justicia ovata (Walter) Lindau
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