Elatine americana (Pursh) Arn.

American waterwort (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Elatinaceae > Elatine

Characteristics

Herbs, submersed, 1.5–5 cm. Stems ascending or prostrate, branched. Leaves 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 to 0.1 mm, erect. Flowers 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, 3-locular, 1.5 mm diam. Seeds 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.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.03 - 0.13
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Soil humidity 10-12
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

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Images

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Distribution

Elatine americana world distribution map, present in Canada and United States of America

Conservation status

Elatine americana threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:89505-2
WFO ID wfo-0000665298
COL ID 395CM
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Synonyms

Alsinastrum americanum Potamopitys americana Elatine americana Peplis americana Elatine americana var. callitriche Elatine triandra var. americana Elatine triandra subsp. americana Cryptina minima