Callitriche hermaphroditica L.

Northern water-starwort (en), Callitriche (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Plantaginaceae > Callitriche

Characteristics

Slender annuals, rooting at the lower nodes; stems loosely clustered, mostly 1–4 dm, typically wholly submersed; lvs all about alike, dark metallic green, wholly glabrous, mostly 0.5–1.5(–2) cm, to about 1.5 mm wide, 1-nerved, broadest near the base and tapering very gradually to the bifid or broadly notched tip; fls solitary in the axils, without bracteoles; frs mostly 1–2 mm, flattened, suborbicular, the 4 segments more nearly distinct than in our other spp., the 2 major halves separated in life by a broad, deep median furrow extending almost to the commissure, each of these halves also with a deep, narrow commissural groove between the narrow but evident wing-margins; 2n=6. In ponds and slow streams; circumboreal, s. in Amer. to N. Engl., N.Y., Mich., Minn., and Calif. (C. autumnalis)
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Plants always submerged. Leaf blades all ± lingulate or tapering from base, 5.5-15.3 × 0.6-1.8(-2.2) mm, translucent, slightly to markedly narrower at apex than base, with a single vein. Flowers solitary, a staminate flower or carpellate flower in 1 or both of a pair of axils; bracts lacking; styles 0.6-2.4(-2.5) mm, initially erect, recurved and eventually appearing to emerge below apex of mature fruit; filaments 0.5-0.9 mm, erect, continuing to grow after dehiscence; anthers (0.1-)0.2-0.6 × 0.2-0.7 mm, reniform, translucent; pollen grains colorless, ± circular, 20-30 × 20-30 µm, smooth. Fruits dark brown when mature, 1.2-2.4 × 1.2-2.9(-3) mm, ± as wide as high; mericarps divergent, such that from above fruit appears crosslike; testa cells in rings; fibrils only in wing cells.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support aquatic
Foliage retention
Sexuality
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.5 - 1.0
Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 0.4
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 6-9
Soil humidity 9-11
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-8

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -23
Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Productivity -

Images

Callitriche hermaphroditica unspecified picture

Distribution

Callitriche hermaphroditica world distribution map, present in Canada, China, and United States of America

Conservation status

Callitriche hermaphroditica threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:330920-2
WFO ID wfo-0000777394
COL ID 697NZ
BDTFX ID 79687
INPN ID 159577
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Callitriche hermaphroditica Callitriche angustifolia Callitriche autumnalis Callitriche aquatica var. autumnalis

Lower taxons

Callitriche hermaphroditica subsp. exalata Callitriche hermaphroditica subsp. hermaphroditica Callitriche hermaphroditica subsp. macrocarpa