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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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Callitriche heterophylla ssp. heterophylla

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America

Callitriche heterophylla

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 109-01-001:

Callitriche heterophylla   FAMILY Callitrichaceae

INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Callitriche heterophylla

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Callitriche heterophylla

 

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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).


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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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Callitriche heterophylla ssp. heterophylla

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Callitriche heterophylla

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 109-01-001:
Callitriche heterophylla   FAMILY Callitrichaceae

INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Callitriche heterophylla

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Callitriche heterophylla

 

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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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