Day: December 25, 2022

#451 They called me Mecardonia procumbens, also known as Bacopa procumbens var. schottii. I pay homage to the male botanist Heinrich Wilhelm Schott, Heinrich Schott, Anton Schott, or Arthur Carl Victor Schott. They first catalogued me in 1903.

Native to Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Chile Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Galápagos, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, New Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, and Windward Is..