Callitriche terrestris

Rafinesque

Med. Repos., hexade 2, 5: 358. 1808.

Common names: Terrestrial water-starwort
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 54. Mentioned on page 49, 50.

Leaves connate at base, obovate-oblanceolate to spatulate, 1.5–3.9 × 0.8–1.4 (–1.5) mm, 2+-veined. Stem and leaf scales present. Inflorescences: bracts absent. Pedicels 0.4–0.6 mm in fruit. Flowers usually solitary or 1 staminate and 1 pistillate opposed by 1 pistillate; styles deflexed; pollen yellow. Schizocarps (0.5–) 0.6–0.7 (–0.8) × (0.5–) 0.8–1 mm, shorter than wide; mericarps black, not swollen, winged only at apex, wings straight, 0.01–0.03 mm wide. 2n = 10.


Phenology: Flowering Apr–Jul(–Aug), Nov–Dec.
Habitat: Seasonally wet hollows, damp soils, cultivated fields, rocky grounds, paths, tracks, sandy bars.
Elevation: 0–600 m.

Distribution

N.B., Ark., Conn., D.C., Ill., Ind., Kans., Ky., La., Mass., Miss., Mo., N.Y., N.C., N.Dak., Ohio, Pa., Tenn., Tex., Va., Mexico, Central America, South America, in Asia (China), in Asia (Japan)

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
... more about "Callitriche terrestris"
Richard V. Lansdown +
Rafinesque +
alternate +, opposite +, whorled +, helical +  and subopposite +
not leathery +  and not fleshy +
Terrestrial water-starwort +
ligulate +, unilabiate +, regular +, personate +  and bilabiate +
ovoid +, globular +, ellipsoid +, urceolate +, tubular +, cylindric +, less rotate +  and salverform +
N.B. +, Ark. +, Conn. +, D.C. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Kans. +, Ky. +, La. +, Mass. +, Miss. +, Mo. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, N.Dak. +, Ohio +, Pa. +, Tenn. +, Tex. +, Va. +, Mexico +, Central America +, South America +, in Asia (China) +  and in Asia (Japan) +
drupe-like +
0–600 m. +
curved +  and straight +
pistillate +  and staminate +
poricidal +, septicidal +, loculicidal +  and dehiscence +
Seasonally wet hollows, damp soils, cultivated fields, rocky grounds, paths, tracks, sandy bars. +
decussate +  and opposite +
0.14 cm1.4 mm <br />0.0014 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
persistent +  and deciduous +
connate +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.39 cm3.9 mm <br />0.0039 m <br />) +
obovate-oblanceolate +  and spatulate +
0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br /> (0.14 cm1.4 mm <br />0.0014 m <br />) +
not swollen +
axile +  and parietal +
tenuinucellate +, unitegmic +  and hemitropous +
campylotropous +, hemianatropous +  and anatropous +
0.04 cm0.4 mm <br />4.0e-4 m <br /> (0.06 cm0.6 mm <br />6.0e-4 m <br />) +
5 +  and 4 +
Flowering Apr–Jul(–Aug), Nov–Dec. +
Med. Repos., hexade +
minute +
0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br /> (0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br />) +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br />) +
0.06 cm0.6 mm <br />6.0e-4 m <br /> (0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br />) +
red +, maroon +, black +, gray +, yellow +, brown +, tan +  and white +
ovoid +  and ellipsoid cylindric globular oblong conic disciform patelliform or angled +
distinct +  and connate +
5 +  and 4 +
adnate +  and free +
climbing +  and scrambling +
supported by water , glabrous or bearing scales +  and creeping +
reclining;pendent;spreading;arching;erect;ascending;erect;ascending;decumbent +
Callitriche terrestris +
Callitriche +
species +
terrestrial +  and amphibious +
straight +
0.01mm;0.03mm +