Annual 2-6 dm, branched above; lvs lanceolate to elliptic or ovate, 3-6 cm, the lower petioled, the upper sessile; cymes eventually 3-5 cm; bracteal lvs small, resembling the sep; cor and fr each 3 mm; 2n=20. Moist or wet soil, chiefly on the coastal plain; se. Va. to Fla., Ark., Mex., W.I., and n. S. Amer. (Mitreola petiolata)

Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

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