Hottonia palustris
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Hottonia palustris, Linn., the European plant, is an herb with creeping roots took, whorled leafy branches entirely submerged and alternate, pinnately dissected lvs., the divisions numerous and linear. From the center of the whorl of branches a single leafless fl.-st. rises out of the water in summer, bearing a raceme with several whorls of 3-5 or 6 handsome pale purple fls., apparently with 5 petals, but actually with a short corolla-tube below the lobes; stamens 5, inserted on the tube of the corolla: caps, subglobose, with 5 lateral valves; seeds numerous.—The plants root in the mud or float, and the fls. are about ¾ in. diam.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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