Callitriche truncata

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.^[1]

Callitriche truncata
Scientific classification
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)
Synonyms[1]
Callitriche aquatica subsp. truncata (Guss.) Bonnier (1921) Callitriche autumnalis subsp. truncata (Guss.) Arcang. (1882) Callitriche hermaphroditica subsp. truncata (Guss.) Jahand. & Maire (1932) Callitriche palustris var. truncata (Guss.) Fiori (1926)

They have a self-supporting growth form and simple, broad leaves. Individuals can grow to 10 cm tall.^[2][3]

Sources

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