Freshwater
Mudwort
Elatine triandra
Elatinaceae
Facts
Care
We have no care for this plant yet. If you know how it thrives, you can suggest it.
Range
NativeIntroduced
Lives wild in Austria, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bulgaria, China, China Southeast, Czechoslovakia, and 22 more countries.
Introduced to Canada, Chad, Haiti, Italy, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Portugal, and 5 more countries.
More about the species
Description
Elatine triandra is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Elatinaceae. It is known by the common name longstem waterwort. Its native range is Temperate and Subtropical Old World to Western Malesia. In New England, it's regarded as introduced and has been documented in both Massachusetts and Maine and it is found primarily around rivers.
Other names
Other scientific names
- Alsinastrum callitrichoides
- Alsinastrum triandrum
- Birolia palludosa
- Elatine callitrichoides
- Elatine gracilis
- Elatine inaperta
In other languages
- Tretalig slamkrypa
- Kolmihedevesirikko
- Three-stamened waterwort, Threestamen waterwort
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