sensu stricto
Awesome day botanizing with Eric Hunt at Cossatot River. Saw some critters as well
Canaveral National Seashore, Apollo Beach, Volusia County, FL, March 2022.
First observation of this species @ this site
formerly considered part of Conradina etonia. Dunns Creek SP
Potentially the largest population in the world. All roadside, with one plant (out of hundreds) flowering. Stems are not rhizomatous.
Naturalized at this location.
When not flowering or fruiting, good morphological features to distinguish this species from white mangrove (Laguncularia racemosa) are:
•attenuate leaf bases and short petioles in Lumnitzera, versus rounded leaf bases and longer and more distinct petioles in Laguncularia.
•no petiole glands in Lumnitzera, versus paired petiole glands in Laguncularia.
•the presence of a small, oval gland on the abaxial surface of the leaf apex in Lumnitzera, versus the absence of such a leaf apex gland in Laguncularia.