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Northern Mudwort - Limosella aquatica

Native Species

Global Rank: G5
State Rank: S3S4
C-value: 4


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General Description
Glabrous annual. Leaves basal (alternate); petioles 1–25 cm long; blades narrowly oblong, entire, 4–25 mm long. Scapes 5–20 mm long. Flowers: calyx 1–3 mm long, campanulate with 5 deltoid lobes shorter than the tube; corolla campanulate, white, 2–3 mm long, ca. regular, 5-lobed; stamens 4; stigma capitate. Capsule ovoid, 2–3 mm long (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Species Range
Montana Range Range Descriptions

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Range Comments
Circumboreal south to CA, NM, NE and MN (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database
Number of Observations: 128

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(Observations spanning multiple months or years are excluded from time charts)



Habitat
Drying mud around ponds, streams, wetlands; plains, valleys (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).


References
  • Literature Cited AboveLegend:   View Online Publication
    • Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 771 p.
  • Additional ReferencesLegend:   View Online Publication
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    • Culver, D.R. 1994. Floristic analysis of the Centennial Region, Montana. M.Sc. Thesis. Montana State University, Bozeman. 199 pp.
    • Eggers, M.J.S. 2005. Riparian vegetation of the Montana Yellowstone and cattle grazing impacts thereon. M.Sc. Thesis. Montana State University, Bozeman, MT. 125 p.
    • Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2022. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants, Second Edition. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 779 p.
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