Freshwater
Starfruit
Damasonium alisma
Alismataceae
Facts
Care
We have no care for this plant yet. If you know how it thrives, you can suggest it.
Range
Native
Lives wild in France, Italy, Kazakhstan, Portugal, Russia, Sicilia, Ukraine, and United Kingdom.
More about the species
Description
Damasonium alisma, commonly known as starfruit, is a species of flowering marsh plant. Its native range includes parts of Great Britain, France, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece, Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, and Kazakhstan. Damasonium alisma is native to the British Isles and was at one time commonly found in south and central England. Numbers have declined as a result of the loss of pond habitats. It was not recorded in the wild in 2006 and is classified as endangered within the United Kingdom. Seeds from the (extinct) Headley Heath population were germinated in undisturbed ponds managed by Surrey Wildlife Trust in 2013, and have grown there each year since (at least up to 2018).
Other names
Other scientific names
- Actinocarpus damasonium
- Actinocarpus europaeus
- Actinocarpus maior
- Actinocarpus stellatus
- Alisma damasonium
- Damasonium dalechampii
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