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|accepted_name=Saururus cernuus
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 341. 1753
|year=1753
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|common_names=Lizard's-tail;lezardelle penchée
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=W
|label=Weedy
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|hierarchy=Saururaceae;Saururus;Saururus cernuus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Saururaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Saururus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Saururus cernuus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> 15-120 cm, mostly pubescent when young, often glabrate, having rhizomes, often with adventitious roots. <b>Leaves</b> 4-25 cm; petiole 1-10 cm; blade ovate, 2-17 × 1-10 cm, base cordate, apex acuminate. <b>Racemes</b> nodding to erect, fragrant, narrow, 5-35 cm. <b>Floral</b> bracts green, boat-shaped, 1.5-3 mm (distinct portion), adnate to pedicel. <b>Schizocarps</b> brown, 1.5-3 mm, rugose. <b>Seed</b> brown, 1-1.3 × 0.7-1 mm, smooth. <b>2n</b> = 22.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring–summer, sometimes early fall.
|habitat=Wet soil, fresh or slightly brackish water to depth of 5 dm
|elevation=0-500 m
|distribution=Ont.;Que.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Mich.;Miss.;Mo.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;W.Va.
|discussion=<p>Some American Indians used <i>Saururus cernuus</i> for medicinal purposes (D. E. Moerman 1986).</p>
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name=Saururus cernuus
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Saururaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring–summer, sometimes early fall.
|habitat=Wet soil, fresh or slightly brackish water to depth of 5 dm
|elevation=0-500 m
|distribution=Ont.;Que.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Mich.;Miss.;Mo.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;W.Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Endemic;Illustrated;Weedy
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|genus=Saururus
|species=Saururus cernuus
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