Mexican mud-plantain (Heteranthera mexicana)

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  • annual with erect stems usually 1 foot tall or less
  • upper part of stem with glandular hairs
  • leaves strap-shaped or broadly linear, up to 6 inches long
  • flowers blue, with 6 lobes, in terminal spikes
  • ranges from Yucatan Peninsula across northeastern Mexico to South Texas; disjunct on the Texas Panhandle
  • occurs on mudflats around ponds and lakes, including resacas on the Rio Grande delta
  • no recent reports from South Texas

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