Callitriche peploides Nutt.

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

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Plantaginaceae > Callitriche

Characteristics

Plants terrestrial on wet soil or gravel. Leaf blade expanded, spatulate-obovate, 1.4-2.3 × 0.4-0.8 mm; venation simple, generally limited to 1 primary and a pair of secondary veins. Flowers usually in pairs, a staminate and a carpellate flower opposed by a solitary carpellate flower in a pair of axils; bracts lacking; styles shorter than 0.2 mm, erect or patent, persistent; filaments shorter than 0.2 mm, erect or patent; anthers ca. 1 × 1 mm, reniform; pollen ± spherical, yellow. Fruit black when mature, ca. 0.5 × 0.7-0.8 mm, wider than high, a little tapered toward base; wing lacking to narrow throughout, but base of mature fruit expanded to form a protruding ridge (strumose). Fr. Mar-Dec.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-11

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Distribution

Callitriche peploides world distribution map, present in China, France, Guatemala, Mexico, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:430036-1
WFO ID wfo-0000778046
COL ID 5X7Q2
BDTFX ID 85028
INPN ID 610688
Wikipedia (EN)
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Synonyms

Callitriche drummondii Callitriche peploides Callitriche peploides var. media Callitriche peploides var. semialata Callitriche peploides var. peploides