Rotala ramosior

Rotala ramosior is a species of flowering plant in the loosestrife family known by the common name lowland rotala.^[3] This aquatic or semiaquatic plant is native to North America, where it grows in lakes, streams, and irrigation ditches. The branching stems of the plant grow to about 40 cm long. Leaves are decussate, arranged oppositely in perpendicular pairs along the stems. The leaves are linear to lance-shaped to oval and up to 5 cm long. Flowers occur singly in leaf axils. Each has triangular sepals with long, narrow appendages and usually four tiny white petals in shades of pink to white. This plant is sometimes grown in aquariums.

Rotala ramosior
Conservation status
Secure  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Lythraceae
Genus:	Rotala
Species:	R. ramosior
Binomial name
Rotala ramosior (L.) Koehne
Synonyms[2]
List Ammannia catholica Hook. & Arn. ex Seem. Ammannia dentifera A.Gray Ammannia humilis Michx. Ammannia linearifolia Raf. Ammannia monoflora Blanco Ammannia multicaulis Raf. Ammannia occidentalis (Spreng.) DC. Ammannia occidentalis var. pygmaea Chapm. Ammannia ramosa Hill Ammannia ramosior L. Boykiana humilis (Michx.) Raf. Boykinia humilis Raf. ex S.Watson Peplis occidentalis Spreng. Rotala dentifera (A.Gray) Koehne Rotala ramosior var. dentifera (A.Gray) Lundell Rotala ramosior var. interior Fernald & Griscom Rotala ramosior var. typica Fernald & Griscom