Elatine minima |
Elatine americana |
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small waterwort, élatine naine |
American waterwort, élatine américaine |
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Habit | Herbs, submersed or emersed on wet substrates, 0.2–3(–10) cm. | Herbs, submersed, 1.5–5 cm. |
Stems | erect or ascending, usually unbranched, sometimes 1–2 branched. |
ascending or prostrate, 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. |
green; stipules lanceolate, 0.5–0.6 mm, margins dentate, apex acute; petiole 0.5–3 mm; blade obovate to broadly spatulate, 3–8 × 0.5–3.5 mm, base attenuate or cuneate, apex rounded to shallowly emarginate. |
Pedicels | 0–0.2 mm, erect. |
to 0.1 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. |
cleistogamous when submersed; sepals (2–)3, equal or 1 reduced, oblong-ovate or widely lanceolate, 0.5 × 0.3–0.5 mm; petals 3, greenish white or pinkish white to reddish, elliptic or ovate, 0.6–1.2 × 0.5 mm; stamens 3; styles 3. |
Capsules | oblong-ovoid, 2-locular, 0.9–1.5 mm diam. |
oblong-ovoid, 3-locular, 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. |
9–12 per locule, slenderly cylindric, ± straight, 0.4–0.6 × (0.1–)0.2 mm; pits angular-hexagonal, length 2–3 times width, in 6(–8) rows, (13–)16–25(–30) per row. |
2n | = 36. |
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Elatine minima |
Elatine americana |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. | Flowering summer–early fall. |
Habitat | Shores (sometimes intertidal) or in water to 2 m deep, sandy substrates mixed with organic debris, abandoned sunfish nests. | Muddy shorelines including estuaries, in water to 50 cm deep. |
Elevation | 0–400 m. (0–1300 ft.) | 0–300(–900) m. (0–1000(–3000) 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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CA; CT; DE; IL; MA; ME; MI; MN; MO; MT; NC; NH; NJ; NY; OK; PA; RI; SD; VA; MB; NB; NT; ON; QC
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Source | FNA vol. 12, p. 353. | FNA vol. 12, p. 352. |
Parent taxa | Elatinaceae > Elatine | Elatinaceae > Elatine |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Crypta minima | Peplis americana, E. triandra subsp. americana, E. triandra var. americana |
Name authority | (Nuttall) Fischer & C. A. Meyer: Linnaea 10: 73. (1835) | (Pursh) Arnott: Edinburgh J. Nat. Geogr. Sci. 1: 431. (1830) |
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