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Limosella aquatica L.

Water mudwort (en), Limoselle aquatique (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Plantaginaceae > Limosella

Characteristics

Annuals, 3-5(-10) cm tall, fascicled, glabrous. Stolons slender, short, rooting from nodes. Leaves basal, fascicled or rosulate. Petiole 1-4(-9) cm; leaf blade broadly linear to narrowly spatulate, 3-15 mm, fleshy, margin entire, apex obtuse. Flowers 3-10. Pedicel 0.7-1.3 cm, slender. Calyx 1.5-2.5 mm, membranous; lobes ovate-triangular, 0.5-0.8 mm, apex acuminate. Corolla white, pale lilac, or reddish, 2-3.5 mm; lobes oblong to oblong-ovate, 1-1.5 mm, apex obtuse. Capsule ovoid, ca. 3 mm. Seeds fusiform. Fl. and fr. Apr-Sep.
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Lvs with an elongate, slender petiole 1.5–10+ cm and a lanceolate to elliptic blade 1–3 cm × 2.5–12 mm; cor 2.5–3.5 mm; otherwise much like no. 2 [Limosella subulata Ives]; 2n=40. Muddy shores; interruptedly circumboreal, reaching our range in w. Minn. June–Sept.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support aquatic free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination
Spread barochory
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.03 - 0.06
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

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Hardiness (USDA) 4-11

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Ceremonial Medicine (leaf), Dermatological Aid (leaf), Hunting Medicine (leaf), Witchcraft Medicine (leaf), Cancer(Throat) (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Images

Leaf

Limosella aquatica leaf picture by jacques maréchal (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Limosella aquatica world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, Anguilla, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Belarus, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Canada, Switzerland, China, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Estonia, Finland, France, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Georgia, Greece, Greenland, Croatia, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Morocco, Mexico, Mongolia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Tajikistan, Ukraine, United States of America, and South Africa

Conservation status

Limosella aquatica threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:804380-1
WFO ID wfo-0000445870
COL ID 72FCS
BDTFX ID 39155
INPN ID 106128
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Limosella aquatica Limosella borealis Mutafinia silesiaca Limosella aquatica f. terrestris Limosella americana f. submersa Danubiunculus acaulis Plantaginella aquatica Limosella plantaginis-folia Limosella palustris Limosella natans
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