Hottonia inflata

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Family:PRIMULACEAE
Species:Hottonia inflata Elliott
Common Name:American Featherfoil; Water Violet
Habitat:Shallow still or slow moving water.
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Annual
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:HOIN
Plant Notes:American Featherfoil is a native herbaceous aquatic annual in the Primrose family (Primulaceae). It is found primarily in the Black Belt region of central Alabama and in scattered location in the northern portion of the state. American Featherfoil occurs in gum ponds, in sloughs, in beaver ponds, and in quiet backwaters of rivers and streams. It is an aquatic species rooted in shallow water. The submerged stems are erect, unbranched, and sometimes inflated. Leaves are alternate, opposite, or whorled, petiolate, glabrous, pinnately or bipinnately dissected, with linear or filiform segments. Flowers are produced in umbels held above the water on inflated rachises. Each rachis has 3-10 verticils of 3-10 flowers. Individual flowers have 5 green sepals and 5 white petals. The fruit is a globose capsule with several hundred small seed. It is believed that mallards and wood ducks disperse the seeds. American Featherfoil can sometimes be very abundant at a site one year then completely absent for many years. It is listed as an S2 species in Alabama (typically 6 to 20 occurrences, few remaining individuals, or factors demonstrably making it very vulnerable in the state) and globally as a G4 species (imperiled globally because of rarity or very vulnerable to extinction throughout its range because of other factors).—A. Diamond.
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, S2 (State Rank), G4 (Global Rank)
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

FamilyPRIMULACEAE - Primrose family
Genus Hottonia
Species Hottonia inflata Elliott - American Featherfoil; Water Violet

Citation

Citation Hottonia inflata Elliott, Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 1(3): 231. 1817.
Basionym: **
Type: **

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

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: Dallas, Greene, Jackson, Jefferson, Macon, Marengo, Montgomery, Perry, Tuscaloosa

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1884 - 2023

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
AUA_ACC_72008 Dallas 15 Apr 2009 Schotz, Alfred
2124		 AUA
Hottonia Inflata Ell.
UWAL0005946 Greene 12 Apr 2006 Skinner, Angie
93		 UWAL
Hottonia inflata Ell.
UWAL0035704 Jefferson 23 Mar 2016 Davenport, L.J.
6096		 UWAL
Hottonia inflata Elliott
AUA_ACC_62707 Greene 24 Mar 2003 Keener, Brian R.
2491		 AUA
Hottonia Inflata Ell.
ALNHS00001777 Macon 06 May 2013 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#926		 ALNHS
Hottonia inflata Ell.
UWAL0005947 Greene 01 Jun 1991 Hamilton, Elizabeth
s.n.		 UWAL
Hottonia inflata Ell.
UWAL0056324 Tuscaloosa 14 Mar 2023 Finzel, Brian
s.n		 UWAL
Hottonia inflata Elliott
SAMF0003952 Jefferson 09 Apr 2008 Davenport, Lawrence J.
3795		 SAMF
Hottonia inflata Elliott
UWAL0005949 Marengo 02 May 2008 England, J. Kevin
781		 UWAL
Hottonia inflata Ell.
UWAL0012534 Macon 06 May 2013 Barger, T. Wayne
926		 UWAL
Hottonia inflata Elliott
TROY000032244 Jefferson 09 Apr 2008 Davenport, Lawrence J.
3795		 TROY
Hottonia inflata Elliott
UNA00014394 Dallas 20 May 1884 King, Dr. Peyton
s.n.		 UNA
Hottonia inflata Ell.
TROY000022617 Marengo 02 May 2008 England, J. Kevin
781		 TROY
Hottonia inflata Elliott
SAMF0003953 Montgomery 19 Apr 2012 Diamond, Alvin R.
22941		 SAMF
Hottonia inflata Elliott
UWAL0005948 Jefferson 09 Apr 2008 Davenport, L.J.
3795		 UWAL
Hottonia inflata Ell.
UNA00060730 Perry 23 Apr 2000 Schotz, Alfred
1771		 UNA
Hottonia inflata Ell.
AUA_ACC_46765 Montgomery 26 Apr 1985 Folkerts, George W.
S.N.		 AUA
Hottonia Inflata Ell.
SAMF0003954 Jefferson 24 Apr 2008 Davenport, Lawrence J.
3797		 SAMF
Hottonia inflata Elliott
UNA00070125 Dallas 15 Apr 2000 Schotz, Alfred
2124		 UNA
Hottonia inflata Ell.
SAMF0006429 Jefferson 23 Mar 2016 Davenport, Lawrence J.
6096		 SAMF
Hottonia inflata Elliott
UNA00069223 Marengo 02 May 2008 England, J. Kevin
781		 UNA
Hottonia inflata Ell.
JSU129346 Jackson 10 May 1999 Brodeur, Kristin R.
1784		 JSU
Hottonia inflata Elliott
TROY000022343 Greene 24 Mar 2003 Keener, Brian R.
2491		 TROY
Hottonia inflata Elliott
UNA00058486 Greene 24 Mar 2003 Keener, Brian R.
2491		 UNA
Hottonia inflata Ell.
UWAL0010889 Montgomery 19 Apr 2012 Diamond, Alvin R.
22941		 UWAL
Hottonia inflata Elliott
UWAL0046001 Macon 08 Apr 2017 Spaulding, Daniel D.
1477		 UWAL
Hottonia inflata Elliott
UNA00014395 Greene 14 Apr 1967 Thomas, Joab L.
T993		 UNA
Hottonia inflata Ell.
SAMF0003955 Greene 24 Mar 2003 Keener, Brian R.
2491		 SAMF
Hottonia inflata Elliott
AUA_ACC_71739 Jefferson 9 Apr 2008 Davenport, L.J.
3795		 AUA
Hottonia Inflata Ell.
UNA00020176 Greene _ Jun 1991 Hamilton, Elizabeth
s.n.		 UNA
Hottonia inflata Ell.
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