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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Callitriche heterophylla var. heterophylla
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Callitriche at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Callitriche heterophylla ssp. heterophylla
FAMILY
Callitrichaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 109-01-001:
Callitriche heterophylla
FAMILY
Callitrichaceae
COMMON NAME:
Waterstar, Common Water-starwort, Two-headed Water-starwort
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Keith Bradley kab_c_heterophylla_4967
April Richland County SC
Congaree National Park
Floating & upper leaves spatulate or obovate; submersed or lower leaves linear, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
COMPARE
aquatic plants
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Callitriche heterophylla var. heterophylla
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Callitriche heterophylla ssp. heterophylla
FAMILY
Callitrichaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 109-01-001:
Callitriche heterophylla
FAMILY
Callitrichaceae
2235
Aquatic with submersed, emersed, and floating leaves; Forb
Annual/Perennial
Monoecious
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common in Coastal Plain (uncommon in Piedmont & Mountains)
Look for it in pools, slow-moving streams, ditches, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple - dimorphic
Opposite. Floating rosettes of spatulate leaves & submersed linear leaves
Margins entire
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Unisexual
Sepals absent
Petals absent
1 stamen in staminate flowers
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Brown
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