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Narrow-fruited Water-starwort
Callitriche palustris
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
long-styled water-starwortCallitriche cophocarpa
Pond water-starwortCallitriche stagnalis
Blunt-fruited Water-starwortCallitriche obtusangula
Various-leaved Water-starwortCallitriche platycarpa
Large Water-starwortCallitriche heterophylla
Pedunculate Water-starwortCallitriche brutia
Intermediate Water-StarwortCallitriche hamulata
Common DuckweedLemna minor
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 23,745 |
|---|---|
| Alaska | 21,718 |
| Canada | 1,653 |
| Russia | 708 |
| Ontario | 598 |
| Quebec | 392 |
| Minnesota | 311 |
| Wisconsin | 211 |
| Michigan | 211 |
| California | 157 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | Dicots · Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Mints, Plantains, Olives, and Allies · Lamiales |
| Family | Plantain Family · Plantaginaceae |
| Genus | Water Starworts · Callitriche |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Narrow-fruited Water-starwort with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.