Bacopa monnieri

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Bacopa monnieri
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order: Scrophulariales
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Genus: Bacopa
Species: B. monnieri
Binomial name
Bacopa monnieri
(L.) Pennell
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Natural range of Bacopa monnieri from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: herb of grace

Taxonomic notes

Description

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

In the Coastal Plain in Florida, B. monnieri has been found in shallow water of shaded ditch; with Eleocharis flavescens in muck of small floating island in a ditch; sand fill near a salt marsh; and shallow brackish water (FSU Herbarium).

Phenology

It has been observed to flower and fruit in June (FSU Herbarium).

Seed dispersal

Seed bank and germination

Fire ecology

Pollination

The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of Bacopa monnieri at Archbold Biological Station (Deyrup 2015):

Halictidae: Lasioglossum pectoralis, L. puteulanum

Megachilidae: Megachile brevis pseudobrevis, M. georgica

Use by animals

Diseases and parasites

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

Deyrup, M.A. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.