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 Plant Frankie Coburn @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) | | | | | |
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Origin:
Introduced
Life Cycle:
Perennial
General Desc:
Perennial with stems matted, floating, or creeping 4 to 12 inches long, branches ascending. This species has been used in aquariums.
Identification notes: Aquatic, often rooting at nodes; leaves alternate; sepals and petals typically 5, about 1/2 inch long; stamens typically 10; fruit <1/2 inch long, reflexed; seeds embedded in woody inner fruit wall; flower bracts triangular.
Height:
Floating stems to 1 foot
Habitat Description: Found in marshy to moist soils, ponds and swamps.
Plant Communities:
Riparian
Elevation: 3000 - 7000 feet
Color:
Yellow
Shape:
Regular not in clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
May - Oct
Description:
Solitary, on long or short stems between leaf and stem (axils) and stemmed (pedicellate), sepals 5 and 1/8 to 1/2 inch, petals 5 roundish and 1/4 to 1 inch long, 10 stamens in 2 unequal sets. Pistil (style) simple, pollen collector (stigma) head-shaped.
Leaf Color:
Dark green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Round or oval
Leaf Margin:
Smooth
Leaf Attachment:
Alternate
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Stems matted, floating or creeping from 4 to 12 inches long, branches ascending. Freely rooting at nodes. Heavily veined leaves less than 4 inches long and 1-1/2 inches wide are narrowly round or narrowly oval, spreading hairy above.
Fruit Type: Capsule
Fruit Notes: Reflexed (bent downward) cylindrical to club-shaped capsule, to 16 inches long, usually 5-celled.
Seed Notes: Seeds in 1 row in each cell.
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