Lizardstail

(Saururus cernuus)

Characteristics

Leaves	Flowers	Fruit

Growing habits: Erect perennial herb forming colonies

Root anatomy: Fibrous roots from taproot and slender, creeping rhizomes

Leaf anatomy: Alternately arranged, ovate-cordate to arrowhead-shaped, margins entire, pubescent below but glabrous further up, petiole shorter than blade & clasping stem

Reproduction: Stalked, crowded raceme opposite uppermost leaves, white, no sepals or petals, often curves down to look like a lizard’s tail

_{References: Weeds of the South by Charles T. Bryson and Michael S. DeFelice}