Autumnal Water Starwort [Callitriche hermaphroditica]
Description
The Autumnal Water Starwort is a species of aquatic plants that prefers still or slow-moving water bodies. Its leaves are small, round, or oval floating on the surface and the submerged leaves are long and narrow. It produces small flowers and fruits. This species is distinct as it blooms in the autumn months, compared to other species in the same genus that bloom in the spring or summer.
Taxonomy
| Phylum |
Seagrasses
Anthophyta
|
|---|---|
| Class |
Seagrasses
Anthophyta
|
| Order |
Turtle Grasses
Hydrocharitales
|
| Family |
Frog's-bit
Hydrocharitaceae
|
| Genus |
Water Starwort
Callitriche
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