4134

Aquatic with submersed, emersed, and floating leaves; Forb
Perennial
Monoecious

Non-native: Europe /possibly native in some areas
Documented growing wild in - - -

Rare

Look for it in ponds, stagnant water, wet soil, per Weakley's Flora

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Aquatic ...Wet

LEAVES:
Simple - dimorphic
Opposite. Floating rosettes of spatulate leaves & submersed linear leaves

FLOWER:
Summer
Unisexual
Sepals absent
Petals absent
1 stamen in staminate flowers
Superior ovary

FRUIT:

 

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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Callitriche stagnalis   FAMILY Plantaginaceae

(?) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Callitriche stagnalis   FAMILY Callitrichaceae