Callitriche terrestris Rafinesque. Common name: Terrestrial Water-starwort. Phenology: Apr-Jun. Habitat: Clay-pan areas, streambanks, ditches, low fields, wet paths. Distribution: MA to KS, south to GA, TX, and Mexico.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, FNA17, GrPl, GW2, Il, K4, Mi, NcTx, NE, NY, Pa, S, Tn, Tx, Va, W, Crow & Hellquist (2000a), Lansdown (2009); = Callitriche deflexa A.Braun — RAB, Fassett (1951); = Callitriche terrestris Raf. ssp. terrestris — Mo3; > Callitriche austini Engelm. — S13, Tat; > Callitriche deflexa A.Braun var. austinii (Engelm.) Hegelm. — F, G. Basionym: Callitriche terrestris Raf. 1808
Links to other floras: = Callitriche terrestris - FNA17
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW
- Great Plains: FACW
- Midwest: FACW
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACW
Heliophily ⓘ: 7
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