Callitriche trochlearis |
Callitriche longipedunculata |
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effluent water-starwort, water starwort, wheel fruit water-starwort |
longstock 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, spatulate, 2.8–5 × 1.8–3.3 mm, 1+-veined. |
Inflorescences | bracts persistent. |
bracts caducous. |
Pedicels | 0–0.5 mm in fruit. |
0–25 mm in fruit. |
Flowers | usually 1 staminate and 1 pistillate in each axil; styles spreading; pollen yellow. |
usually 1 staminate and 1 pistillate in 1 axil opposed by 1(+) pistillate; styles erect and spreading to recurved; 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. |
0.9–1.4 × 0.8–1.2 mm, as long as or longer than wide; mericarps black, not swollen, evenly winged throughout, wings straight, 0.03–0.1 mm wide. |
2n | = 40. |
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Callitriche trochlearis |
Callitriche longipedunculata |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Jul. | Flowering Mar–May. |
Habitat | Vernal and perennial pools, ditches. | Vernal pools. |
Elevation | 0–2000 m. (0–6600 ft.) | 0–700 m. (0–2300 ft.) |
Distribution |
CA; OR
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CA |
Discussion | Callitriche trochlearis occurs in northwestern and central-western California plus western Oregon. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Callitriche longipedunculata is known from most of California, including the Inner North Coast Ranges, Cascade Range Foothills, Great Central Valley, San Francisco Bay Area, and western Pensisular Ranges (R. V. Lansdown and R. E. Preston, http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_IJM.pl?tid=16691). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 54. | FNA vol. 17, p. 52. |
Parent taxa | Plantaginaceae > Callitriche | Plantaginaceae > Callitriche |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | C. marginata var. longipedunculata | |
Name authority | Fassett: Rhodora 53: 194. (1951) | Morong: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 18: 236. (1891) |
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