| Callitriche truncata | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Plantaginaceae |
| Genus: | Callitriche |
| Species: | C. truncata |
| Binomial name | |
| Callitriche truncata Guss. (1826) | |
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Callitriche truncata, theshort leaved water starwort, is a species of plant in the familyPlantaginaceae. It is an aquaticsubshrub native to theMediterranean Basin countries of southern Europe from Spain to Greece and of North Africa from Morocco to Libya, as well as Turkey, Lebanon, and Syria in the eastern Mediterranean, Belgium, the Netherlands, Great Britain, and Ireland in western Europe, eastern European Russia, and the western Himalayas.[1]
They have a self-supporting growth form and simple, broad leaves. Individuals can grow to 10 cm tall.[2][3]
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