Littorella
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Littorella (from Latin word for shore, from place of growth). Sometimes spelled Litorella. Plantaginaceae. Small aquatic grass-like plants, one in Eu. and the northern part of N. Amer., offered abroad among hardy water-plants, and one little known in southern S. Amer. Perennial, somewhat succulent, with linear lvs. from the base: fls. monoecious, borne among the lvs., not showy, the staminate on scapes and pistillate sessile at base of lvs.; sepals 4; corolla 3-4-toothed; stamens 4, long-exserted; ovary single, with a long- exserted style. L. uniflora, Aschers. (L. lacustris, Linn. Plantago uniflora, Linn.). Growing in mats on borders of ponds and lakes, the lvs. 2-3 in. long, linear- subulate, bright green: stoloniferous. Newfoundland and Nova Scotia to Maine, Vt. and Minn.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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