Blooms: June-August
Habit: herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
Conservation Status: Abundant; of no concern.
Distribution: Widely distributed on both sides of the Cascades in Washington; Alaska to south California and New Mexico, east through southern Canada and the northern states to Maine.
Habitat: Streams, ponds and shallow lakes, generally at least partially emerged.
Habit: herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
Conservation Status: Abundant; of no concern.
Distribution: Widely distributed on both sides of the Cascades in Washington; Alaska to south California and New Mexico, east through southern Canada and the northern states to Maine.
Habitat: Streams, ponds and shallow lakes, generally at least partially emerged.
Species Description:
General: Glabrous, aquatic perennials with creeping rhizomes, the erect branches partly emersed, 1.5-2.5 mm. thick and 5-30 cm. long, usually simple, but frequently with short branches from the lower nodes.
Leaves: Leaves linear, entire, 6-12 per whorl, 1-2 mm. broad and 10-35 mm. long.
Flowers: Flowers mostly perfect, sessile and solitary in the leaf axils; perianth none; stamen 1; pistil 1-celled; style slender, stigmatic the entire length, lying in the groove between the lobes of the large anther.
Fruits: Fruit nut-like, 1-seeded.
General: Glabrous, aquatic perennials with creeping rhizomes, the erect branches partly emersed, 1.5-2.5 mm. thick and 5-30 cm. long, usually simple, but frequently with short branches from the lower nodes.
Leaves: Leaves linear, entire, 6-12 per whorl, 1-2 mm. broad and 10-35 mm. long.
Flowers: Flowers mostly perfect, sessile and solitary in the leaf axils; perianth none; stamen 1; pistil 1-celled; style slender, stigmatic the entire length, lying in the groove between the lobes of the large anther.
Fruits: Fruit nut-like, 1-seeded.
Accepted Name:
Hippuris vulgaris L.Synonyms:
(none)
Treated in Flora of the PNW as:
Hippuris vulgaris
Additional Resources:
PNW Herbaria Specimens: View list of Hippuris vulgaris specimens in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WTU Herbarium Specimens: View list of Hippuris vulgaris specimens in the WTU Herbarium database.
Washington Flora Checklist: Hippuris vulgaris treatment.
E-Flora BC: Hippuris vulgaris atlas page.
CalPhotos: Hippuris vulgaris images.
USDA Plants Database: Hippuris vulgaris.
Ben Legler, 2004
Jim Riley
Bud Kovalchik
Bud Kovalchik
Richard Old
Richard Old
Richard Old
Richard Old
Richard Old
G. D. Carr, 2010
G. D. Carr, 2010
G. D. Carr, 2010
G. D. Carr, 2010
Charles H. Lamoureux
Craig Althen, 2010
Craig Althen, 2010
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