Callitriche trochlearis |
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effluent water-starwort, water starwort, wheel fruit water-starwort |
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Stem | and leaf scales present. |
Leaves | connate at base, ± parallel-sided, 5.2–9.1 × 0.1–0.9 mm, 1+-veined. |
Inflorescences | bracts persistent. |
Pedicels | 0–0.5 mm in fruit. |
Flowers | usually 1 staminate and 1 pistillate in each axil; styles spreading; pollen yellow. |
Schizocarps | 1–1.2 × 1.1–1.3 mm, ± as long as wide; mericarps black, not swollen, evenly winged throughout, wings straight, 0.05–0.1 mm wide. |
2n | = 40. |
Callitriche trochlearis |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Jul. |
Habitat | Vernal and perennial pools, ditches. |
Elevation | 0–2000 m. (0–6600 ft.) |
Distribution |
CA; OR
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Discussion | Callitriche trochlearis occurs in northwestern and central-western California plus western Oregon. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 54. |
Parent taxa | Plantaginaceae > Callitriche |
Sibling taxa | |
Name authority | Fassett: Rhodora 53: 194. (1951) |
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