Species profile

Accepted name
Micranthemum umbrosum (J.F.Gmel.) S.F.Blake Species
Common names
Dwarf Helzine, Shade Mudflower
Kingdom
Plantae
Division
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Lamiales
Family
Linderniaceae
Genus
Micranthemum
Habitat
Terrestrial
Distribution
Caribbean; North America; USA (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia); Mexico (Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Puebla, Queretaro, Tamaulipas, Veracruz); Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Cuba; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Guadeloupe; Dominica; St. Lucia; Grenada; Trinidad; Colombia (Chocó, Risaralda); Venezuela (Delta Amacuro, Falcon, Portuguesa); Guyana; Surinam; Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Beni); N-Brazil (Pará, Amazonas); NE-Brazil (Ceara, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Bahia); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso); SE-Brazil (São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro); S-Brazil (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Paraguay (Alto Paraguay); Uruguay (Lavalleja, Maldonado, Montevideo, Rivera, Rocha, San Jose, Soriano, Treinta y Tres); Argentina (Buenos Aires, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Misiones, Santa Fe, Tucuman); Alabama; Argentina Northeast
Basionym
Globifera umbrosa J.F.Gmel.
Published in
Blake, S. F. (1915). In: Rhodora 17: 131.

Media and observations

1700 - 2600 msnm (Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia)

Andes (Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia)

GBIF Secretariat (2023). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-10-05. Accessed via https://www.gbif.org/species/3172187 https://www.gbif.org/species/3172187
Common and trade names from InterAquaristik product data. · Last updated Oct 5, 2026, 3:31 AM