[APD] Re: Is this Bacopa carolina?

[Paul Krombholz <krombhol at teclink_net>]

    * From: "Steven Pituch" <spituch at ev1_net>

Hey, Paul in Alabama!  What do you think?


No, I am pretty sure it is not B. carolina.  The veination of the 
leaves is wrong, and the stem is square, rather than round.  also, 
the stem is much less hairy than the stem of emersed grown B. 
carolina.  Also, it branches too much.  Try crushing a leaf and 
taking a sniff.   B. carolina has a strong minty or herbal odor that 
is very distinctive.   I have seen this plant growing in a ditch, and 
I had plans to see if it could be grown submersed, but, they filled 
in the ditch and put in a culvert before I got around to it. 
Somebody else on the APD picked up this plant and got it going 
underwater.  I checked back on the posts for November and October, 
but haven't been able to find his post. 



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Paul Krombholz in sunny central Mississippi
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