Callitriche trochlearis |
Callitriche heterophylla |
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effluent water-starwort, water starwort, wheel fruit water-starwort |
different-leaf water-starwort, diverse-leaf water-starwort, greater water-starwort, large water-starwort, prairie sandgrass, two-head water-starwort, variedleaf waterstarwort, water starwort |
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Stem | and leaf scales present. |
and leaf scales present. |
Leaves | connate at base, ± parallel-sided, 5.2–9.1 × 0.1–0.9 mm, 1+-veined. |
connate at base, ± linear, tapering from near base or spatulate, 3.7–24.7 × 0.3–3.5 mm, 1+-veined. |
Inflorescences | bracts persistent. |
bracts caducous. |
Pedicels | 0–0.5 mm in fruit. |
0 mm in fruit. |
Flowers | usually 1 staminate and 1 pistillate in each axil; styles spreading; pollen yellow. |
usually solitary; styles erect or 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. |
± round, (0.4–)0.5–0.9(–1.2) × 0.5–1(–1.2) mm, as long as wide; mericarps black, not swollen, not winged or winged only at apex, wings straight, 0.05–0.1 mm wide. |
2n | = 40. |
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Callitriche trochlearis |
Callitriche heterophylla |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Jul. | Flowering Feb–Nov. |
Habitat | Vernal and perennial pools, ditches. | Fast-flowing streams, backwaters, ditches, swamps, Sphagnum bogs, lakes, ponds, springs, seepages, seasonally damp soils in shade. |
Elevation | 0–2000 m. (0–6600 ft.) | 0–3000 m. (0–9800 ft.) |
Distribution |
CA; OR
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AK; AL; AR; AZ; CA; CT; DE; FL; GA; IA; ID; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MA; MD; ME; MO; MS; MT; NC; NH; NJ; NM; NV; NY; OH; OK; OR; PA; RI; SC; TN; TX; VA; VT; WA; WI; AB; BC; MB; NB; NF; NS; ON; QC; YT; Mexico; Central America; South America; West Indies (Antilles); Greenland [Introduced in Pacific Islands (New Zealand)]
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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.) |
Two varieties have been recognized in Callitriche heterophylla, with var. bolanderi distinguished on the basis of its schizocarps being larger (for example, N. C. Fassett 1951b); however, the size of the schizocarps overlaps widely, and measurements of schizocarps from throughout North America show that there is no clear geographical or ecological separation between plants with smaller fruit and those with larger fruit. Therefore, there is no justification for maintaining the distinction. Populations of small plants with linear leaves from parts of Canada and Alaska have been separated as Callitriche anceps. However, these appear to represent the lower extremes of variation in C. heterophylla, and morphological characters do not justify maintaining the distinction. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 54. | FNA vol. 17, p. 51. |
Parent taxa | Plantaginaceae > Callitriche | Plantaginaceae > Callitriche |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | C. anceps, C. bolanderi, C. deflexa var. austinii, C. heterophylla subsp. bolanderi, C. heterophylla var. bolanderi | |
Name authority | Fassett: Rhodora 53: 194. (1951) | Pursh: Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 3. (1813) |
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