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|code=F
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|name=Echinodorus radicans
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|hierarchy=Alismataceae;Echinodorus;Echinodorus cordifolius;Echinodorus cordifolius subsp. cordifolius
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Alismataceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Echinodorus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Echinodorus cordifolius]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subspecies</small>[[Echinodorus cordifolius subsp. cordifolius]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 22
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, stout, to 100 cm; rhizomes present. <b>Leaves</b> emersed, submersed leaves mostly absent; petiole 5–6-ridged, 17.5–45 cm; blade with translucent markings distinct lines, ovate to elliptic, 6.5–32 ´ 2.5–19.1 cm, base truncate to cordate. <b>Inflorescences</b> racemes, of 3–9 whorls, each 3–15-flowered, decumbent to arching, to 62 ´ 8–18 cm, often proliferating; peduncles terete, 35–56 cm; rachis triangular; bracts distinct, subulate, 10–21 mm, coarse, margins coarse; pedicels erect to ascending, 2.1–7.5 cm. <b>Flowers</b> to 25 mm wide; sepals spreading, 10–12-veined, veins papillate; petals not clawed; stamens 22; anthers versatile; pistils 200–250. <b>Fruits</b> oblanceolate, plump, 3–4-ribbed, abaxially 1-keeled, 2–3.5 ´ 0.9–1.5 mm; glands 3–4; beak terminal,1–1.3 mm. <b>2n</b> = 22.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering late summer–early fall.
|habitat=Clay soils of wet ditches, streams, and shallow ponds
|elevation=0–500 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Miss.;Mo.;N.C.;Okla.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;Mexico (Tamaulipas);West Indies;South America.
|discussion=<p><i>Echinodorus cordifolius</i> is very easily determined, as it is the only species with arching to decumbent inflorescences. In addition, it is the only one with papillate veins on the sepals.</p>
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name=Echinodorus cordifolius subsp. cordifolius
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|rank=subspecies
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|synonyms=Echinodorus radicans
|basionyms=
|family=Alismataceae
|phenology=Flowering late summer–early fall.
|habitat=Clay soils of wet ditches, streams, and shallow ponds
|elevation=0–500 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Miss.;Mo.;N.C.;Okla.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;Mexico (Tamaulipas);West Indies;South America.
|reference=None
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|special status=Illustrated
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|genus=Echinodorus
|species=Echinodorus cordifolius
|subspecies=Echinodorus cordifolius subsp. cordifolius
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