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|accepted_name=Limosella
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=2: 631. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Mudwort
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Scrophulariaceae;Limosella
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Scrophulariaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Limosella]]</div></div>
|etymology=Latin limosus, full of mud, and -ella, diminutive, alluding to habitat
|volume=Volume 17
|mention_page=page 324, 325
|treatment_page=page 338
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism growth form or habitat;whole_organism growth form or habitat;whole_organism growth form"><b>Herbs,</b> annual [perennial], aquatic or paludal;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stolon presence">stolons present.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="stem architecture;stem orientation;stem orientation;stem pubescence"><b>Stems </b>stoloniferous, prostrate or ascending, glabrous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf position;leaf arrangement;leaf arrangement"><b>Leaves </b>basal, opposite, sometimes rosulate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="stipule presence">stipules absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="petiole presence;petiole presence">petiole present or absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="blade texture;blade texture;blade texture;blade texture;margin architecture or shape">blade fleshy or not, leathery or not, margins entire.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="inflorescence position;flower architecture or arrangement or growth form"><b>Inflorescences </b>axillary, flowers solitary;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="bract presence">bracts absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="pedicel presence"><b>Pedicels </b>present;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="bracteole presence;bracteole presence">bracteoles present or absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="flower reproduction"><b>Flowers </b>bisexual;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="flower reproduction;flower location">chasmogamous flowers emergent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="sepal atypical quantity;sepal quantity;calyx architecture or shape;calyx shape;lobe shape">sepals [4] 5, calyx radially or slightly bilaterally symmetric, campanulate, lobes lanceolate to triangular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="petal atypical quantity;petal quantity;corolla coloration;corolla coloration;corolla coloration;corolla coloration;corolla coloration;corolla coloration;corolla architecture or shape;corolla shape;corolla architecture or shape;abaxial lobe quantity;adaxial lobe quantity">petals [4] 5, corolla white, pink, pale-purple, or lavender, slightly bilaterally symmetric, campanulate, not saccate, abaxial lobes 3, adaxial 2;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="stamen quantity;stamen fusion;stamen architecture;stamen variability;filament pubescence;staminode presence">stamens 4, adnate near mouth of corolla, didynamous or equal, filaments glabrous, staminode 0;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="ovary architecture or structure in adjective form;ovary architecture or structure in adjective form">ovary 2-locular proximally, 1-locular distally, placentation free-central;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="stigma shape;stigma shape">stigma capitate or slightly 2-lobed.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties="fruits capsule shape;fruits capsule dehiscence"><b>Fruits </b>capsules, ellipsoid to globular, dehiscence septicidal.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s19" data-properties="seed quantity;seed coloration;seed shape;seed shape;wing presence"><b>Seeds </b>3–200, yellow to dark-brown, fusiform or cylindric, wings absent.</span><!--

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|distribution=nearly worldwide
|discussion=<p>Species 15 (2 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>Interpretations of morphological and molecular data place Limosella in Scrophulariaceae near the African genera formerly classified as Manuleae Bentham & Hooker f. (P. Kornhall and B. Bremer 2004). Limosella is in need of revision; the characters often used for identification are variable or difficult to observe.</p>
|tables=
|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=lourteig1964a
|text=Lourteig, A. 1964. Étude sur Limosella L. Publ. Comité Natl. Franç. Rech. Antarct. Biol. 1: 165–173.
}}
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==Key==
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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Corolla lobes acute; stamens attached at different levels; styles 0.2–0.4 mm; leaf blades spatulate to linear; young leaves with auriculate sheaths at bases.
|[[Limosella aquatica|Limosella aquatica]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Corolla lobes rounded; stamens attached at same level; styles 1 mm; leaf blades linear to filiform; young leaves with tapering sheaths at bases.
|[[Limosella australis|Limosella australis]]
|}
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Limosella
|author=Kerry A. Barringer
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Scrophulariaceae
|illustrator=Barbara Alongi
|illustration copyright=Flora of North America Association
|distribution=nearly worldwide
|reference=lourteig1964a
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=
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|genus=Limosella
|abaxial lobe quantity=3
|adaxial lobe quantity=2
|blade texture=not;leathery;not;fleshy
|bract presence=absent
|bracteole presence=absent;absent
|calyx architecture or shape=symmetric
|calyx shape=campanulate
|corolla architecture or shape=not saccate;symmetric
|corolla coloration=lavender;pale-purple;lavender;pale-purple;pink;white
|corolla shape=campanulate
|filament pubescence=glabrous
|flower architecture or arrangement or growth form=solitary
|flower location=emergent
|flower reproduction=chasmogamous;bisexual
|fruits capsule dehiscence=septicidal
|fruits capsule shape=ellipsoid;globular
|inflorescence position=axillary
|leaf arrangement=rosulate;opposite
|leaf position=basal
|lobe shape=lanceolate;triangular
|margin architecture or shape=entire
|ovary architecture or structure in adjective form=1-locular;2-locular
|pedicel presence=absent
|petal atypical quantity=4
|petal quantity=5
|petiole presence=absent;absent
|seed coloration=yellow;dark-brown
|seed quantity=3;200
|seed shape=cylindric;fusiform
|sepal atypical quantity=4
|sepal quantity=5
|stamen architecture=didynamous
|stamen fusion=adnate
|stamen quantity=4
|stamen variability=equal
|staminode presence=absent
|stem architecture=stoloniferous
|stem orientation=ascending;prostrate
|stem pubescence=glabrous
|stigma shape=2-lobed;capitate
|stipule presence=absent
|stolon presence=absent
|whole_organism duration=annual
|whole_organism growth form=herb
|whole_organism growth form or habitat=paludal;aquatic
|wing presence=absent
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