| Callitriche truncata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Plantaginaceae |
| Genus: | Callitriche |
| Species: | C. truncata |
| Binomial name | |
| Callitriche truncata Guss. (1826) | |
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Callitriche truncata, the short leaved water starwort, is a species of plant in the family Plantaginaceae. It is an aquatic subshrub native to the Mediterranean Basin countries of southern Europe from Spain to Greece and of North Africa from Morocco to Libya, as well as Turkey, Lebanon, and Syria in the eastern Mediterranean, Belgium, the Netherlands, Great Britain, and Ireland in western Europe, eastern European Russia, and the western Himalayas.
They have a self-supporting growth form and simple, broad leaves. Individuals can grow to 10 cm tall.
Sources
This article incorporates text from a free content work. Licensed under CC0 (license statement/permission). Text taken from Callitriche truncata. Encyclopedia of Life.
References
- ^ "Callitriche truncata Guss". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
- "Callitriche truncata Guss. - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
- Mifsud, Stephen (2002-08-23). "Callitriche truncata (Southern Water Starwort) : MaltaWildPlants.com - the online Flora of the Maltese Islands". www.maltawildplants.com. Retrieved 2022-02-07.
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- Callitriche
- Flora of Belgium
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- Flora of the East Aegean Islands
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- Plants described in 1826
- Taxa named by Giovanni Gussone
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