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Limosella maior Diels

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Plantaginaceae > Limosella

Characteristics

Leaves 25–45(140) mm. long, many, laminate, spathulate, oblong or oblong-spathulate; lamina 6–17(35) x 1.5–3.5(12) mm., usually ovate, obtuse or subacute, narrowed at base into erect, comparatively stout petiole.
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Corolla c. 5 mm. long, lilac-or bluish-white; lobes c. 2.5 x 1.5 mm., ovate-circular to oblong, minutely pilose towards throat Capsule c. 4 x 3 mm., broadly ovoid to subglobose.
Tufted marsh herb, minutely glandular, stoloniferous or not; stolons, where present, up to 6.5 mm. long.
Calyx 2.5–3.5(5) mm. long; lobes 0.8–1.5 mm. long, triangular-ovate.
Pedicels (5)15–50 mm. long, erect in flower, deflexed in fruit.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support aquatic
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Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:804398-1
WFO ID wfo-0001137769
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Synonyms

Limosella maior
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