Amannia coccinea
Family: Lythraceae
Plant Description: A natural hybrid that may occur even were the parent species, A. auriculata and A. robusta are absent. It is more robust than the parent and has stouter peduncles. Petal color is the same. Annual to 45 cm high with narrow, basally broadened (auricled) leaves 2-10 long, opposite, sessile, linear to narrowly lanceolate, broadened at the base. Flowers in peduncled clusters. Petals 1-3 mm long, reddish purple.
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Field Identification:
Occurrence: Fairly common in shallow water or mud in swales, depressions, and ditches and around ponds and lakes
Bloom Period: April-December
Plant Use:
Key to species of Ammania:
- Style less than 1 mm long………………………………………………………….A. larifolia
Style 1-2 mm long……………………………………………………………………………………….2
2. Peduncles absent…………………………………………………………………………A. robusta
Peduncles 3-9 mm long……………………………………………………………………………..3
3. Peduncles filiform…………………………………………………………………..A. auriculata
Peduncles stouter……………………………………………………………………..A. coccinea
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