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callitriche des eau× stagnantes, pond water-starwort

longstock water-starwort

Stem

and leaf scales present.

and leaf scales present.

Leaves

connate at base, obovate-spatulate to ± round, 4–9 × 1–4 mm, 1+-veined.

connate at base, spatulate, 2.8–5 × 1.8–3.3 mm, 1+-veined.

Inflorescences

bracts persistent.

bracts caducous.

Pedicels

0–0.2 mm in fruit.

0–25 mm in fruit.

Flowers

solitary;

styles erect;

pollen yellow.

usually 1 staminate and 1 pistillate in 1 axil opposed by 1(+) pistillate;

styles erect and spreading to recurved;

pollen yellow.

Schizocarps

1.2–1.8 × 1–1.7 mm, ± as long as wide;

mericarps pale grayish brown, not swollen, winged throughout, wings straight, 0.1–0.5 mm wide.

0.9–1.4 × 0.8–1.2 mm, as long as or longer than wide;

mericarps black, not swollen, evenly winged throughout, wings straight, 0.03–0.1 mm wide.

2n

= 10.

Callitriche stagnalis

Callitriche longipedunculata

Phenology Flowering May–Oct. Flowering Mar–May.
Habitat Standing water, stream margins, backwaters, ponds, pools, ditches. Vernal pools.
Elevation 0–1500 m. (0–4900 ft.) 0–700 m. (0–2300 ft.)
Distribution
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AL; CA; CT; MA; MD; ME; MO; MT; NJ; NY; OR; PA; VA; WA; WI; BC; NF; QC; SPM; Europe [Introduced in North America; introduced also in Australia]
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Discussion

Callitriche longipedunculata is known from most of California, including the Inner North Coast Ranges, Cascade Range Foothills, Great Central Valley, San Francisco Bay Area, and western Pensisular Ranges (R. V. Lansdown and R. E. Preston, http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_IJM.pl?tid=16691).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 17, p. 54. FNA vol. 17, p. 52.
Parent taxa Plantaginaceae > Callitriche Plantaginaceae > Callitriche
Sibling taxa
C. brutia, C. fassettii, C. hermaphroditica, C. heterophylla, C. longipedunculata, C. marginata, C. palustris, C. pedunculosa, C. peploides, C. stenoptera, C. terrestris, C. trochlearis
C. brutia, C. fassettii, C. hermaphroditica, C. heterophylla, C. marginata, C. palustris, C. pedunculosa, C. peploides, C. stagnalis, C. stenoptera, C. terrestris, C. trochlearis
Synonyms C. marginata var. longipedunculata
Name authority Scopoli: Fl. Carniol. ed. 2, 2: 251. (1772) Morong: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 18: 236. (1891)
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