Details of genus: Callitriche [2252]
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genus_en: Water starwort
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Family: Plantaginaceae
family_ja: オオバコ
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description_en: Genus of 25 species of aquatic, sometimes terrestrial, herbaceous perennials from bogs and marshes in Europe, Asia, and North America. They grow in tight, submerged clumps or form a turf-like surface on wet soil. The floating leaves are opposite, and linear or spoon-shaped to rounded. The tangled submerged leaves are linear, and almost translucent in deeper water. The name "starwort" arises from the rosette-like arrangement of the leaves of some species. Minute, solitary flowers are produced in summer from the axils of both the floating and submerged leaves. Grow as oxygenating plants in ponds and cold-water aquaria.
hardiness_en: Fully hardy.
cultivation_en:
propagation_en: In summer, take softwood cuttings of terminal shoots, 15-20cm (6-8in) long; bunch and weight them near the bases, and insert them into an aquatic planting basket or at the muddy bottom of a pond.
pests_en: Waterfowl may feed on young growth in spring.
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Update Information: Created: 2010-06-04 18:58; Updated: 2020-07-05 11:41
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| System | Accepted? | Scientific name | Japanese name | Infra-familial classification | # species | |
| APG4 | Plantaginaceae | オオバコ科 | Show | |||
| PB2 | Callitrichaceae | アワゴケ科 | Show | |||
| PB3 | Plantaginaceae | オオバコ科 | Show |