WATER-PLANTAIN
Alisma triviale
WATER PLANTAIN FAMILY (Alismataceae)
Identification
- Flowering time - June, July, August
- Rare on floodplain at Fontenelle Forest
- Tiny flowers with 3 petals
- Whorls of flowers occur on leafless, much-branched stalk
- Large oval to elliptical basal leaves
This native plant has small flowers with three white petals (A). The diffuse flower stems (B) can be up to 3 feet tall in good habitat. The thick leaf blades (C) are elliptic or ovate, are on sturdy stalks, and may reach a foot in length and 6 inches wide in water. Plants on shore (C) are much smaller. The fruiting head (D) is about 6.5 mm across.
Only a few plants have been found in the stream and on the shore of the Pond on the floodplain of Fontenelle Forest. Flowering occurs from June to August.
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