Callitriche trochlearis |
Callitriche brutia |
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effluent water-starwort, water starwort, wheel fruit water-starwort |
narrow-leaf water-starwort |
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Stem | and leaf scales present. |
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Leaves | connate at base, ± parallel-sided, 5.2–9.1 × 0.1–0.9 mm, 1+-veined. |
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Inflorescences | bracts persistent. |
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Pedicels | 0–0.5 mm in fruit. |
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Flowers | usually 1 staminate and 1 pistillate in each axil; styles spreading; pollen yellow. |
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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. |
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2n | = 40. |
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Callitriche trochlearis |
Callitriche brutia |
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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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OR; WA; BC; Europe; Africa [Introduced to Australia] |
Discussion | Callitriche trochlearis occurs in northwestern and central-western California plus western Oregon. (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 |
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Name authority | Fassett: Rhodora 53: 194. (1951) | Petagna: Inst. Bot. 2: 10. (1787) |
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