Alisma triviale

{{Short description|Species of aquatic plant}}

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| image = Alisma triviale 216133429.jpg

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Maiz-Tome, L. |date=2016 |title=Alisma triviale |volume=2016 |page=e.T64263415A67728488 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T64263415A67728488.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}

| 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

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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.

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