''Nasturtium floridanum'', common names Florida yellowcress and Florida watercress, is an aquatic plant species
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...
to
Florida
Florida ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders the Gulf of Mexico to the west, Alabama to the northwest, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the north, the Atlantic ...
, though widely distributed within that state. It is found in wet places at elevations less than 50 m.
[Flora of North America v 7 p 492, ''Nasturtium floridanum''](_blank)
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''Nasturtium floridanum'' can be distinguished from the more common '' N. officinale'' by its much smaller seeds, less than 2 mm across.
Chapman, Alvan (Alvin) Wentworth. 1887. Flora of the Southern United States (ed. 2) 605, ''Cardamine curvisiliqua''
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References
photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, serving as isolectotpe of ''Cardamine curvisiliqua'' and ''Nasturtium floridanum''
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floridanum
Freshwater plants
Herbs
Leaf vegetables
Medicinal plants
Perennial vegetables
Flora of Florida
Plants described in 1988
Plants described in 1887