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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Perennial
General Desc:
Freely rooting from rhizomes, long, prostrate stems growing across mud or in water and topped with erect, dense, narrowly egg-shaped, pink flower clusters.
Identification notes: Rhizomatous perennial, aquatic or amphibious or terrestrial. Stems not twining. Leaves basal and alike, elliptic or rounded, not jointed with the stipule sheath. Spike-like flower heads of pink flowers are short and thick, terminal or nearly so.
Height:
Stems 3 to 6 feet
Habitat Description: Marshes, ponds and lakes.
Plant Communities:
Riparian
Elevation: 5000 - 9000 feet
Color:
Deep pink
Shape:
Regular in elongated clusters
Tubular:
Y
Flowering Period:
Jun - Sep
Description:
Individual flowers are tiny, less than 1/4 inch wide and 3/16 inch long, and form a slender, 2 inch long, terminal cluster. Tepals (sepals and petals) 5, bluntly rounded above, united below.
Leaf Color:
Dark green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Round or oval
Leaf Margin:
Smooth
Leaf Attachment:
Alternate
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
No
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Leaves are shiny and leathery; mainly floating; 6 inches long.
No Fruit or seed notes
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