Callitriche palustris
Narrow Fruit Water Starwort, Narrow Fruited Water Starwort
Other regional names: Spiny Waterstarwort +2 more
- Spiny Waterstarwort
- Spring Water Starwort
- Spring Waterstarwort
Also known as: Callitriche aquatica var. caespitosa (Schultz) Willd. +9 more
- Callitriche aquatica var. caespitosa (Schultz) Willd.
- Callitriche caespitosa Schultz
- Callitriche hermaphrodita L., 1755
- Callitriche pallens Gray, 1821
- Callitriche palustris subsp. verna (L.) Fenley ex Jepson
- Callitriche palustris var. palustris
- Callitriche pusilla Sennen
- Callitriche subrotundifolia Sennen
- Callitriche verna var. caespitosa (Schultz) Rchb.
- Stellaria palustris (L.) Kuntze
Botanical Data
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Botanical Family: Plantaginaceae
- WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a hydroannual.
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Callitriche palustris (commonly known as Narrow-fruit Water-starwort or Narrow-fruited Water-starwort) is an aquatic annual belonging to the Plantaginaceae family. Indigenous to Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Europe, and North America, this species is primarily associated with temperate conditions. There are naturally occurring subspecies and varieties of this species, which are linked below.
Macro Climate
Temperate
Plant Type
Annual
Plant Type
Aquatic Plant
Native Range
Continents (WGSRPD)
ASIA-TEMPERATE, ASIA-TROPICAL, EUROPE, NORTHERN AMERICA
Regions (WGSRPD)
Caucasus, China, Eastern Asia, Eastern Canada, Eastern Europe, Indian Subcontinent, Malesia, Mexico, Middle Asia, Middle Europe, Mongolia, North-Central U.S.A., Northeastern U.S.A., Northern Europe, Northwestern U.S.A., Russian Far East, Siberia, South-Central U.S.A., Southeastern Europe, Southeastern U.S.A., Southwestern Europe, Southwestern U.S.A., Subarctic America, Western Asia, Western Canada
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Afghanistan, Alaska, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Altay, Amur, Arizona, Austria, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Borneo, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Central European Russia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colorado, Connecticut, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Idaho, Illinois, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizistan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Kuril Is., Labrador, Magadan, Maine, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Nansei-shoto, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Northwest Territories, Norway, Nunavut, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Pennsylvania, Poland, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Qinghai, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, South European Russia, Spain, Sumatera, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Texas, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Tuva, Ukraine, Utah, Uzbekistan, Vermont, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia, Yukon
Introduced Range
Plants flagged as 'Introduced' have been transported outside their native historical range by human activity. While many are common ornamentals, some may become naturalized or invasive in local environments. Local ecological guidelines require verification prior to planting.
Botanical Countries (Non-Native)
Jawa, Victoria
Subspecies, Varieties & Forms