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 Leaves Patrick Alexander @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) |  Plants Max Licher @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) | | | | |
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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Perennial
General Desc:
Slender rhizomes and stolons, stems erect, aerial portion to 12 inches, below water surface portion to 6 inches long; flowers solitary, not stalked, showy; petals 2, sepals 2, usually form bulbs; 2 bracts below flowers resemble sepals.
Identification notes: Creeping, submerged or partially submerged in water; 2 pairs or more of opposite leaves per stem, stems erect, slender; rhizomes, stolons slender; plants produce bulbils; flowers solitary, 2 sepals, 2 bracts that look like sepals, petals white to pink.
Height:
To 12 inches
Habitat Description: Wetlands, riverbanks and streamsides from low to high elevations of mountains.
Plant Communities:
Riparian
Elevation: 7000 - 9500 feet
Color:
White to pink
Shape:
Regular not in clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
Jun - Aug
Description:
Flowers solitary, not stalked, often form small bulbs; sepals 2, rounded, paired at a right angle to the 2 bracts below, bracts resemble the sepals; petals 5, rounded, white, sometimes with pink veins; stamens 5; anthers pink or pale purple.
Leaf Color:
Green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Round or oval
Leaf Margin:
Smooth
Leaf Attachment:
Opposite
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
No
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Leaves opposite, stalked; blade lance-like to oval-like, short, up to 2-1/2 inches long.
Fruit Type: Capsule
Fruit Notes: Oval in shape, 3-valved.
Seed Notes: 1 to 3, black, elaiosomes (fleshy structures that are attached to the seeds) are present.
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