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|accepted_name=Limosella aquatica
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=2: 631. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Limosella aquatique
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Limosella pubiflora
|authority=Pennell
}}
|hierarchy=Scrophulariaceae;Limosella;Limosella aquatica
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Scrophulariaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Limosella]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Limosella aquatica]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 17
|mention_page=page 338
|treatment_page=page 339
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Annuals </b>solitary or mat-forming. <b>Leaves</b> clustered, usually rosulate; blade spatulate to linear, (1.5–)3–10(–20) × 0.5–3 cm, young leaves auriculate at base. <b>Pedicels</b> spreading in fruit, (0.04–)2–6 cm. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx often purple spotted between lobes, lobes 1 mm, tube 1–2 mm; corolla white to pink, rarely pale purple abaxially, 2–3 mm, lobes acute; stamens attached at different levels; style 0.2–0.4 mm, entire or 2-lobed. <b>Capsules</b> ellipsoid to globular, (2–)2.5–4 mm. <b>2n</b> = 40.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Apr–Oct.
|habitat=Periodically flooded mud of streams and ponds, estuaries, vernal pools.
|elevation=0–3200 m.
|distribution=Greenland;Alta.;B.C.;Man.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.W.T.;Nunavut;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Yukon;Alaska;Ariz.;Ark.;Calif.;Colo.;Idaho;Minn.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.Mex.;N.Dak.;Oreg.;S.Dak.;Utah;Wash.;Wyo.;Mexico;Europe;Asia.
|discussion=<p><i>Limosella aquatica</i> grows primarily in fresh water; it has also been found in brackish and alkaline water. Leaves are usually spatulate; narrow-leaved plants occur throughout the range. Narrow-leaved plants in the southwest have been called L. pubiflora; there are no consistent characteristics to distinguish L. pubiflora from <i>L. aquatica</i>. Narrow-leaved plants in the western United States have been called L. acaulis Sessé & Mociño; these specimens do not match true L. acaulis. Clasping leaf bases are best seen on young leaves.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Limosella aquatica
|author=
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Limosella pubiflora
|basionyms=
|family=Scrophulariaceae
|phenology=Flowering Apr–Oct.
|habitat=Periodically flooded mud of streams and ponds, estuaries, vernal pools.
|elevation=0–3200 m.
|distribution=Greenland;Alta.;B.C.;Man.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.W.T.;Nunavut;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Yukon;Alaska;Ariz.;Ark.;Calif.;Colo.;Idaho;Minn.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.Mex.;N.Dak.;Oreg.;S.Dak.;Utah;Wash.;Wyo.;Mexico;Europe;Asia.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Selected by author to be illustrated
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|genus=Limosella
|species=Limosella aquatica
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