OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
 Callitriche heterophylla var. heterophylla   FAMILY Plantaginaceae   Go to FSUS key

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

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
 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

 

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2235

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

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

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Carolina Coastal Plain (uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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

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

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Brown

 

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