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Callitriche heterophylla
different-leaved water-starwort
Specimens
Photos

Distribution: Occurring chiefly west of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east across most of North America to the Atlantic Coast.

Habitat: Sloughs and slow-moving, fresh water.

Flowers: April-July

Origin: Native

Growth Duration: Annual, Perennial

Conservation Status: Not of concern

Pollination: Wind, self-pollination

Description:
General:

Small aquatic herbs, the stems 0.5-4 dm. long, emersed to emergent, with small, membranous ridges between the leaf bases.

Leaves:

Emersed leaves linear, 1-nerved, 0.5-2.5 mm. long; floating and emergent leaves broadly obovate, 3-nerved, up to 1 cm. wide.

Flowers:

Flowers imperfect, sessile in the leaf axils, each consisting of a single pistil or 1 stamen or both; styles 2, distinct, 1-5 mm. long, persistent; floral bracts present.

Fruits:

Carpels 2, obovate, 0.7-1.2 mm. long and broad, wingless, pitted with small, shallow pits.

Accepted Name:
Callitriche heterophylla Pursh
Publication: Fl. Amer. Sept. (Pursh) 1: 3. 1813.

Synonyms & Misapplications:
(none provided)
Infraspecies:
Additional Resources:

PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Callitriche heterophylla in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database

WA Flora Checklist: Callitriche heterophylla checklist entry

OregonFlora: Callitriche heterophylla information

E-Flora BC: Callitriche heterophylla atlas page

CalPhotos: Callitriche heterophylla photos

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