Limosella aquatica
Awl Leaf Mudwort, Awlleaf Mudwort
Other regional names: Common Mudwort +2 more
- Common Mudwort
- Mudwort
- Northern Mudwort
Also known as: Danubiunculus acaulis Sailer +16 more
- Danubiunculus acaulis Sailer
- Limosella americana f. submersa Glück
- Limosella annua Lindern
- Limosella aquatica f. caulescens (W.D.J.Koch) Hayek
- Limosella aquatica f. fluitans V.Rastetter, 1966
- Limosella aquatica f. paludosa Glück
- Limosella aquatica f. submersa Glück
- Limosella aquatica f. tenuifolia (J.P.Wolff ex Hoffm.) Glück
- Limosella aquatica subsp. tenuifolia (Hoffm.) Schübl. & G.Martens
- Limosella aquatica var. alismoides Welw. ex Hiern
- Limosella aquatica var. biflora Wahlenb.
- Limosella aquatica var. borealis (Less.) Stefánsson
- Limosella aquatica var. caulescens W.D.J.Koch
- Limosella aquatica var. diandra (Krock.) H.Mart.
- Limosella aquatica var. diandra Hartm.
- Limosella aquatica var. diandra Rouy, 1909
- Limosella aquatica var. minor Hartm.
Botanical Data
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Botanical Family: Scrophulariaceae
- WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a annual or helophyte.
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Limosella aquatica (commonly known as Awl-leaf Mudwort) is an annual or wetland plant belonging to the Scrophulariaceae family. Naturally occurring in Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Europe, North America, and South America, this species is primarily associated with temperate conditions. There are naturally occurring varieties of this species, which are linked below.
Macro Climate
Temperate
Plant Type
Herbaceous Perennial
Plant Type
Annual
Plant Type
Aquatic Plant
Native Range
Continents (WGSRPD)
AFRICA, ASIA-TEMPERATE, ASIA-TROPICAL, EUROPE, NORTHERN AMERICA, SOUTHERN AMERICA
Regions (WGSRPD)
Caucasus, China, Eastern Asia, Eastern Canada, Eastern Europe, Indian Subcontinent, Mexico, Middle Asia, Middle Europe, Mongolia, North-Central U.S.A., Northern Africa, Northern Europe, Northwestern U.S.A., Russian Far East, Siberia, South Tropical Africa, South-Central U.S.A., Southeastern Europe, Southwestern Europe, Southwestern U.S.A., Subarctic America, Western Asia, Western Canada, Western South America
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Afghanistan, Alaska, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Altay, Amur, Angola, Arizona, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Central European Russia, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colorado, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Ecuador, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Idaho, Inner Mongolia, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizistan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Kuril Is., Labrador, Lebanon-Syria, Magadan, Manchuria, Manitoba, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Minnesota, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Morocco, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, Nevada, New Mexico, Newfoundland, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Northwest Territories, Norway, Nunavut, Ontario, Oregon, Palestine, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Qinghai, Québec, Romania, Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Ukraine, Utah, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia, Yukon
Introduced Range
An “Introduced” distribution indicates that the plant is recorded outside its native range in that region as a result of deliberate or accidental human introduction. Introduced records may include casual, naturalized or invasive populations, but do not include plants that are only cultivated or planted without self-sustaining populations.
Botanical Countries (Non-Native)
Bolivia
Subspecies, Varieties & Forms