Elatine minima |
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small waterwort, élatine naine |
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Habit | Herbs, submersed or emersed on wet substrates, 0.2–3(–10) cm. |
Stems | erect or ascending, usually unbranched, sometimes 1–2 branched. |
Leaves | green; stipules lanceolate, 0.2 mm, margins entire, apex rounded; petiole 0–1 mm; blade elliptic to oblanceolate or spatulate, 0.3–5(–11) × 0.7–1.8(–4) mm, base rounded to truncate, apex obtuse-acute. |
Pedicels | 0–0.2 mm, erect. |
Flowers | cleistogamous when submersed; sepals 2, equal, ovate to oblong, 0.5 × 0.3 mm; petals 2, reddish, long-elliptic, elliptic, or ovate, 1–1.5 × 0.5 mm; stamens 2; styles 2. |
Capsules | oblong-ovoid, 2-locular, 0.9–1.5 mm diam. |
Seeds | 4–9 per locule, thickly cylindric to barrel-shaped, straight, 0.4–0.5(–0.7) × 0.2(–0.3) mm; pits elliptic, length 1.2–1.6 times width, in 8–9 rows, (11–)15–20 per row. |
Elatine minima |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. |
Habitat | Shores (sometimes intertidal) or in water to 2 m deep, sandy substrates mixed with organic debris, abandoned sunfish nests. |
Elevation | 0–400 m. (0–1300 ft.) |
Distribution |
CT; DE; IL; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; NC; NH; NJ; NY; PA; RI; SC; TN; VA; VT; WI; NB; NL; NS; ON; PE; QC; SK; SPM
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Source | FNA vol. 12, p. 353. |
Parent taxa | Elatinaceae > Elatine |
Sibling taxa | |
Synonyms | Crypta minima |
Name authority | (Nuttall) Fischer & C. A. Meyer: Linnaea 10: 73. (1835) |
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