Callitriche palustris |
Callitriche peploides |
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callitriche des marais, spring water-starwort, vernal water-starwort |
Matted water-starwort |
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Stem | and leaf scales present. |
and leaf scales present. |
Leaves | connate at base, ± linear, tapering strongly from near base or spatulate, 2.5–9 × 0.3–5 mm, 1+-veined. |
connate at base, spatulate-obovate, 1.4–2.3 × 0.4–1.5 mm, 2+-veined. |
Inflorescences | bracts caducous, sometimes persistent. |
bracts absent. |
Pedicels | 0–0.2 mm in fruit. |
0 mm in fruit. |
Flowers | usually 1 staminate and 1 pistillate in 1 axil opposed by 1 pistillate; styles erect or spreading; pollen yellow. |
not solitary, usually 1 staminate and 1 pistillate in 1 axil opposed by 1 pistillate; styles erect to reflexed; pollen yellow. |
Schizocarps | obovoid, usually widest distal to middle, 0.8–1.4 × 0.6–1.4 mm, longer than wide, sometimes as long as wide; mericarps black, not swollen, not winged, winged only at apex, or winged throughout but widest at apex, wings straight, 0.03–0.1 mm wide. |
0.4–0.7 × 0.7–0.9 mm, shorter than wide; mericarps black, swollen at base, not winged or winged only at apex, wings straight, 0–0.03 mm wide. |
2n | = 20. |
= 10. |
Callitriche palustris |
Callitriche peploides |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Oct. | Flowering (Jan–)Feb–Apr(–May), Oct–Dec. |
Habitat | Fast-flowing rivers and streams, backwaters, ditches, swamps, Sphagnum bogs, lakes, ponds, springs, seepages. | Seasonally damp hollows, sandy soils in woodlands, gardens, waste grounds, rocky areas. |
Elevation | 0–3600 m. (0–11800 ft.) | 0–100 m. (0–300 ft.) |
Distribution |
AK; AZ; CA; CO; CT; DE; IA; ID; IL; MA; ME; MI; MN; MT; ND; NE; NH; NJ; NM; NV; NY; OR; PA; RI; SD; TX; UT; VT; WA; WI; WY; AB; BC; MB; NB; NF; NT; NU; ON; PE; QC; SK; YT; SPM; Greenland; Mexico (Chihuahua, San Luis Potosí); Eurasia [Introduced in Australia]
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AL; AR; CA; FL; GA; LA; MS; TX [Introduced in Asia (China, Taiwan), Indian Ocean Islands (Madagascar, Réunion), Pacific Islands (New Zealand)]
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Discussion | Callitriche palustris has been included on the Composite List of Weeds maintained by the Weed Science Society of America (http://wssa.net/wssa/weed/composite-list-of-weeds/); its inclusion seems unwarranted. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Three varieties of Callitriche peploides have been recognized (N. C. Fassett 1951b). A collection reported as a weed of a container in a nursery in San Bernardino County, California (T. C. Fuller 1967) is referable to var. semialata. The characters used to distinguish these varieties do not appear reliable, and it seems best to disregard them (R. V. Lansdown and M. J. M. Christenhusz 2011). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 53. | FNA vol. 17, p. 53. |
Parent taxa | Plantaginaceae > Callitriche | Plantaginaceae > Callitriche |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | C. palustris var. stenocarpa, C. palustris var. verna, C. stenocarpa, C. verna | C. peploides var. semialata |
Name authority | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 969. (1753) | Nuttall: Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 5: 141. (1835) |
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