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Callitriche obtusangula

blunt-fruited water starwort

Other common names
brigwlydd ffrwythau blaendwn

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Botanical details
Family
Plantaginaceae
Native to GB / Ireland
No
Genus

Callitriche

Genus description

Callitriche can be terrestrial or aquatic perennials with slender stems bearing linear or spoon-shaped leaves and minute flowers in summer, useful oxygenating plants for ponds

Name status

Correct

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