Callitriche terrestris
Med. Repos., hexade 2, 5: 358. 1808.
Common names: Terrestrial water-starwort
Leaves connate at base, obovate-oblanceolate to spatulate, 1.5–3.9 × 0.8–1.4 (–1.5) mm, 2+-veined. Stem and leaf scales present. Inflorescences: bracts absent. Pedicels 0.4–0.6 mm in fruit. Flowers usually solitary or 1 staminate and 1 pistillate opposed by 1 pistillate; styles deflexed; pollen yellow. Schizocarps (0.5–) 0.6–0.7 (–0.8) × (0.5–) 0.8–1 mm, shorter than wide; mericarps black, not swollen, winged only at apex, wings straight, 0.01–0.03 mm wide. 2n = 10.
Phenology: Flowering Apr–Jul(–Aug), Nov–Dec.
Habitat: Seasonally wet hollows, damp soils, cultivated fields, rocky grounds, paths, tracks, sandy bars.
Elevation: 0–600 m.
Distribution
N.B., Ark., Conn., D.C., Ill., Ind., Kans., Ky., La., Mass., Miss., Mo., N.Y., N.C., N.Dak., Ohio, Pa., Tenn., Tex., Va., Mexico, Central America, South America, in Asia (China), in Asia (Japan)
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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hypogynous +
simple +
absent +
absent +
symmetric +
Terrestrial water-starwort +
symmetric +
drupe-like +
absent +
glabrous +
opposed +
unisexual +
separating +
Seasonally wet hollows, damp soils, cultivated fields, rocky grounds, paths, tracks, sandy bars. +
pistillate +
axillary +
2+-veined +
connate +
cauline +
absent +
notched +
winged +
black +
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basal +
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spiciform +
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hypogynous +
connate +
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absent +
2-carpellate +
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Med. Repos., hexade +
1808 +
absent +
shorter than wide +
0.8mm;1mm +
1;300 +
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reclining;pendent;spreading;arching;erect;ascending;erect;ascending;decumbent +
absent +
simple +
terete +
absent +
deflexed +
Callitriche terrestris +
Callitriche +
species +
perennial +
submersed +
autotrophic +
fleshy +
partial +
straight +
absent +
0.01mm;0.03mm +