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Elatine chilensis
A. Gray
(redirected from:
Elatine gracilis
Mason)
Family:
Elatinaceae
Chilean Waterwort
[
Elatine gracilis
Mason]
Keir Morse
General Description
Resources
Plant
: Annual, short-lived perennial herb, glabrous; stem decumbent to erect, 0.5-10 cm
Leaves
: opposite, ± 4-ranked; blades narrowly oblong to widely elliptic, ± entire, tips rounded tapered to base; petiole < 1/4 blade
INFLORESCENCE
: flowers 1(2) per node
Flowers
: sepals 2 or, if 3, 1 < others, membranous, very pale green; petals 3, ovate, membranous, pale greenish white; stamens 3, opposite sepals; filaments ± 1/2 X to ± = petals, anthers widely ovoid; styles 3-4
Fruit
: Fruit: capsule, ± spheric or depressed-ovoid; chambers 3, each 3-15- seeded; pedicel generally ± 0; Seeds ± visible through fruit wall, 20-40 per chamber, elliptic, ± straight; pits 25-35 per row, wider than long; brown to yellowish brown; surface net-like
Misc
: Muddy shores of ponds± 600-1700 m.; ± 600-1700 m.
Open Interactive Map
© 2012 Keir Morse
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This project made possible by National Science Foundation Awards
1601697
,
1600981
,
1601393
,
1600976
,
1601429
,
1601101
,
1601503
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