Callitriche terrestris |
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terrestrial water-starwort |
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Stem | and leaf scales present. |
Leaves | connate at base, obovate-oblanceolate to spatulate, 1.5–3.9 × 0.8–1.4(–1.5) mm, 2+-veined. |
Inflorescences | bracts absent. |
Pedicels | 0.4–0.6 mm in fruit. |
Flowers | usually solitary or 1 staminate and 1 pistillate opposed by 1 pistillate; styles deflexed; pollen yellow. |
Schizocarps | (0.5–)0.6–0.7(–0.8) × (0.5–)0.8–1 mm, shorter than wide; mericarps black, not swollen, winged only at apex, wings straight, 0.01–0.03 mm wide. |
2n | = 10. |
Callitriche terrestris |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Jul(–Aug), Nov–Dec. |
Habitat | Seasonally wet hollows, damp soils, cultivated fields, rocky grounds, paths, tracks, sandy bars. |
Elevation | 0–600 m. [0–2000 ft.] |
Distribution |
AR; CT; DC; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MA; MO; MS; NC; ND; NY; OH; PA; TN; TX; VA; NB; Mexico; Central America; South America [Introduced in Asia (China, Japan)]
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Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 54. |
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Name authority | Rafinesque: Med. Repos., hexade 2, 5: 358. (1808) — (as terrestre) |
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