Wild Flowering Plants
| Lythraceae
family Ammannia latifolia Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 119. 1753. Indigenous rare herb of swampy open, usually coastal, spots. St. Martin, Antigua, Nevis, Redonda, Montserrat, Guadeloupe, Marie Galante, Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Grenada, Barbados, Greater Antilles, North America, Mesoamerica, South America. Similar to the very common Ammania baccifera but has fewer and larger fruits in each leaf axil. |