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terrestrial water-starwort

callitriche des eau× stagnantes, pond water-starwort

Stem

and leaf scales present.

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.

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

Inflorescences

bracts absent.

bracts persistent.

Pedicels

0.4–0.6 mm in fruit.

0–0.2 mm in fruit.

Flowers

usually solitary or 1 staminate and 1 pistillate opposed by 1 pistillate;

styles deflexed;

pollen yellow.

solitary;

styles erect;

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.

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.

2n

= 10.

= 10.

Callitriche terrestris

Callitriche stagnalis

Phenology Flowering Apr–Jul(–Aug), Nov–Dec. Flowering May–Oct.
Habitat Seasonally wet hollows, damp soils, cultivated fields, rocky grounds, paths, tracks, sandy bars. Standing water, stream margins, backwaters, ponds, pools, ditches.
Elevation 0–600 m. (0–2000 ft.) 0–1500 m. (0–4900 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
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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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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Source FNA vol. 17, p. 54. FNA vol. 17, p. 54.
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. stenoptera, C. trochlearis
C. brutia, C. fassettii, C. hermaphroditica, C. heterophylla, C. longipedunculata, C. marginata, C. palustris, C. pedunculosa, C. peploides, C. stenoptera, C. terrestris, C. trochlearis
Name authority Rafinesque: Med. Repos., hexade 2, 5: 358. (1808) — (as terrestre) Scopoli: Fl. Carniol. ed. 2, 2: 251. (1772)
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