Alisma triviale

Alisma triviale, the northern water plantain,[2] is a perennial semi-aquatic or aquatic plant in the water-plantain family (Alismataceae) that is native to Canada (including the Northwest Territories), the United States (including Alaska), and Northern Mexico.[3][4][5]

Alisma triviale
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Alismataceae
Genus: Alisma
Species:
A. triviale
Binomial name
Alisma triviale
Synonyms[2]
  • 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

Description
Alisma triviale

It is a perennial herb that ranges in height from 1-3 ft.[6] Each plant has long-petioled, lanceolate and linear leaves that grow in a clump.[6] A flowering stem rises between them. The flowers have 3 green sepals and 3 white or pink-tinged petals.[6]

Distribution and habitat

This plant is widely distributed throughout North America, ranging from Northern Mexico through the Northwest Territories of Canada.

It grows in shallow water or mud.[7]

References
  1. "Alisma triviale". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019. 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2019.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. "Alisma triviale". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 2010-03-18.
  3. Haynes, Robert R.; Hellquist, C. Barre (2000). "Alisma triviale". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). 22. New York and Oxford. Retrieved 2010-03-19 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  4. "Alisma triviale". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
  5. "Alisma triviale". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014.
  6. "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin". www.wildflower.org. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
  7. Robert W. Freckmann Herbarium University of Wisconsin Stevens Point Archived 2010-06-14 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2010-03-19.


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