WorldFloraDB - Limosella capensis

Characteristics

Leaves 35–80(130) mm. long, crowded, erect, sublinear, elliptic-oblong, obtuse, usually attenuate at base into petiole, or floating blade 10–20(34) x 2.5–12(16) mm., ovate to broadly elliptic, obtuse to rounded at apex, broadly rounded, subcordate to broadly attenuate at base.

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Pedicels 1–10(20) mm. long, slender to filiform, erect in flower, becoming deflexed to spreading in fruit.

Small, tufted, aquatic or marsh herb, of ten stoloniferous, rooting at nodes.

Corolla white with lobes pale blue or purplish beneath; lobes oblong, obtuse.

Calyx 2–2.5 mm. long, 5-lobed, lobes 0.5–1 mm. long, broadly ovate.

Petiole 25–40(110) mm. long, filiform in floating specimens.

Capsule 2.5–3 x 1.75–2 mm., ovoid-ellipsoid.

Life form	annual
Growth form	herb
Growth support	aquatic
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Sexuality	hermaphrodite
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Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	medicinal
Edible	-
Therapeutic use	Divination (unspecified)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

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Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:804386-1
WFO ID	wfo-0001137765
COL ID	6QFD2
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	-
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Mutafinia capensis Limosella semiensis Limosella capensis

WorldFloraDB 2024

Limosella capensis Thunb.

Species