Callitriche verna

Callitriche verna
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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[Correll_and_Correll_1975-1] Correll, DS and HB Correll. 1975. Aquatic and Wetland Plants of the Southwestern United States. Stanford University Press, Stanford, CA

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