Alisma triviale
{{Short description|Species of aquatic plant}}
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| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Alisma
| species = triviale
| authority = Pursh
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| synonyms_ref = {{PLANTS|symbol=ALTR7|taxon=Alisma triviale|access-date=2010-03-18}}
| synonyms =
- Alisma brevipes Greene
- Alisma plantago-aquatica L. ssp. brevipes (Greene) Sam.
- Alisma plantago-aquatica L. var. americanum Schult.
- Alisma plantago-aquatica L. var. brevipes (Greene) Victorin
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Alisma triviale, the northern water plantain, is a perennial semi-aquatic or aquatic plant in the water-plantain family (Alismataceae).
Description
It is a perennial herb that ranges in height from 1-3 ft.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=ALTR7|title=Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin|website=www.wildflower.org|access-date=2019-04-03}} Each plant has long-petioled, lanceolate and linear leaves that grow in a clump. A flowering stem rises between them. The flowers have 3 green sepals and 3 white or pink-tinged petals.
Distribution and habitat
The plant is native to Canada (including the Northwest Territories), the United States (including Alaska), and Northern Mexico.{{eFloras|1|222000009|Alisma triviale |family=Alismataceae |first1=Robert R. |last1=Haynes |first2=C. Barre |last2=Hellquist |access-date=2010-03-19}}{{WCSP |294876 |Alisma triviale |access-date=2017-01-26}}{{BONAP|ref|genus=Alisma|species=triviale}}
It grows in shallow water or mud.[http://wisplants.uwsp.edu/scripts/detail.asp?SpCode=ALITRI Robert W. Freckmann Herbarium University of Wisconsin Stevens Point] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100614093626/http://wisplants.uwsp.edu/scripts/detail.asp?SpCode=ALITRI|date=2010-06-14}} Retrieved 2010-03-19.
References
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External links
- [http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-taxon=Alisma+triviale Calflora taxon report]
- {{Go Botany |genus=Alisma |species=triviale |link=1}}
- [http://floreduquebec.ca/english/photos=alisma%20triviale Flore du Québec]
- [http://fieldguide.mt.gov/detail_PMALI01050.aspx Montana State Government, Montana Field Guide]
- [http://www.ct-botanical-society.org/galleries/alisma.html Connecticut Botanical Society] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302024607/http://www.ct-botanical-society.org/galleries/alisma.html |date=2014-03-02 }}
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Category:Flora of the United States
Category:Plants described in 1813
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