NameThatPlant.net: Callitriche heterophylla var. heterophylla

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (11/30/12):
Callitriche heterophylla var. heterophylla FAMILY Plantaginaceae Go to FSUS key

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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image of Callitriche heterophylla var. heterophylla, Waterstar, Common Water-starwort, Two-headed Water-starwort

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.

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (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

Habitat: Pools, slow-moving streams, ditches, per Weakley's Flora

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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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