Callitriche verna
Species of aquatic plant
| Callitriche verna | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Plantaginaceae |
| Genus: | Callitriche |
| Species: | C. verna |
| Binomial name | |
| Callitriche verna L. (1755) | |
Callitriche verna is a submerged/floating-leaved aquatic plant in the family Plantaginaceae (though sometimes placed in its own family – Callitrichaceae). It is found in aquatic environments in North America.[1]
Description
Lower, submerged leaves linear, 0.3–1 mm wide; 1-nerved; shallowly bidentate at apex; terminal leaves petiolate; narrowly oblate to spatulate.[1]
Distribution and habitat
In quiet shallow water; distributed in North America, including Mexico.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Correll, DS and HB Correll. 1975. Aquatic and Wetland Plants of the Southwestern United States. Stanford University Press, Stanford, CA
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