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Callitriche stenoptera

Callitriche brutia

narrow-wing water-starwort

narrow-leaf water-starwort
Stem

and leaf scales absent.

Leaves

not connate at base, ± linear tapering from base, 5.9–11.3 × 0.3–1.1 mm, 1-veined.

Inflorescences

bracts absent.

Pedicels

0–0.2 mm in fruit.

Flowers

usually solitary or 1 pistillate and 1 staminate in an axil;

styles reflexed or strongly curved;

pollen colorless.

Schizocarps

0.8–1.2 × 0.9–1.3 mm, as long as or shorter than wide;

mericarps brown or gray-brown, not swollen, winged throughout, wings straight, 0.05–0.1 mm wide, width less than mericarp body.

Callitriche stenoptera

Callitriche brutia
Phenology Flowering Jun–Sep.
Habitat Lakes, pools, ponds, ditches, streams, backwaters.
Elevation 0–3000 m. (0–9800 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; CO; ID; MN; MT; NM; OR; UT; WY; AB; BC; NF; ON; SK
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from FNA
OR; WA; BC; Europe; Africa [Introduced to Australia]
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Discussion

Callitriche stenoptera most closely resembles C. fassettii and C. hermaphroditica but is distinguished from them by the fruit on which the wing is less than 0.1 mm wide, even at the fruit apex.

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

Varieties 2 (1 in the flora).

Variety brutia is known from Europe and Africa plus is introduced to Australia; it differs from var. hamulata in chromosome number (2n = 28) and pedicellate fruit.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 17, p. 54. FNA vol. 17, p. 50.
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. stagnalis, C. terrestris, C. trochlearis
C. fassettii, C. hermaphroditica, C. heterophylla, C. longipedunculata, C. marginata, C. palustris, C. pedunculosa, C. peploides, C. stagnalis, C. stenoptera, C. terrestris, C. trochlearis
Subordinate taxa
C. brutia var. hamulata
Name authority Lansdown: Novon 19: 367, fig. 1. (2009) Petagna: Inst. Bot. 2: 10. (1787)
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