Mecardonia procumbens

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|genus = Mecardonia

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|authority = {{Au|(Mill.) Small}} (1903)

|synonyms = Bacopa procumbens

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Mecardonia procumbens (also known as yellow-flowered waterhyssop

{{cite book | last= Anderson | first= P. J | editor1-last= Anderson | editor1-first= P. J | editor2-last= Hodges | editor2-first= G. S | year= 2016 | title= Mecardonia procumbens | chapter= TRI-OLOGY 55(1): Botany Section | page= 4 | url= https://www.fdacs.gov/content/download/70090/file/Triology_Jan-March%202015.pdf | accessdate= 18 March 2021 }}

), common name baby jump-up,{{PLANTS|id=MEPR|taxon=Mecardonia procumbens|accessdate=29 June 2015}} is an annual or perennial herb native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas. It has become widely spread in warmer regions worldwide, and is now naturalised on all continents except Antarctica, in addition to most islands with suitable climates.

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{{Cite journal | last1= Souza | first1= Vinícius Castro | year= 1997 | title= Studies on the delimitation of Mecardonia procumbens (Mill.) Small (Scrophulariaceae) | journal= Acta Botanica Brasilica | volume= 11 | issue= 2 | pages= 181–189 | doi= 10.1590/S0102-33061997000200008 | doi-access= free }}

Chen, Shih-Huei, and Ming-Jou Wu (2001) "Notes on two newly naturalized plants in Taiwan." Taiwania–Taipei– 46 (1): 85-92.

{{Cite journal | last1= Yakandawala | first1= Deepthi | first2= Kapila | last2= Yakandawala | year= 2007 | title= Mecardonia procumbens (Mill.) Small, an addition to the Sri Lankan Scrophulariaceae Juss. | journal= Ceylon Journal of Science (Biological Sciences) | volume= 36 | issue= 1 | pages= 61–64 | url= http://www.pdn.ac.lk/cjsbs/text/text36.1.6.pdf | accessdate= 14 May 2013 }}

{{cite web |author1=F.A.Zich |author2=B.P.M.Hyland |author3=T.Whiffen |author4=R.A.Kerrigan |author2-link=Bernard Hyland |year=2020 |url=https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/Mecardonia_procumbens.htm |title=Mecardonia procumbens |website=Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8) |publisher=Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government |access-date=20 June 2021}}

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Category:Plantaginaceae

Category:Flora of the South-Central United States

Category:Flora of Mexico

Category:Flora without expected TNC conservation status

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