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|accepted_name=Elatine chilensis
|accepted_authority=Gay
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fl. Chil.
|place=1: 286. 1846
|year=1846
}}
|common_names=Chilean waterwort
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=W
|label=Weedy
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Elatine gracilis
|authority=H. Mason
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Elatinaceae;Elatine;Elatine chilensis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Elatinaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Elatine]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Elatine chilensis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 348, 350, 353
|treatment_page=page 352
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> emergent on wet substrates, 0.5–10 cm. <b>Stems</b> ascending or prostrate, branched. <b>Leaves</b> usually green, sometimes reddish green; stipules triangular, 0.5–0.6 mm, margins entire, apex acute; petiole 1–3 mm; blade obovate to broadly spatulate, 3–4(–8) × 0.5–2.5 mm, base cuneate to rounded, apex obtuse to slightly emarginate. <b>Pedicels</b> absent. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals 2–3, if 2, equal, if 3, 1 smaller, oblong, 0.5 × 0.3 mm; petals 3, pinkish white to reddish, elliptic to ovate, 1–1.5 × 0.5 mm; stamens 3; styles 3. <b>Capsules</b> depressed-ovoid, 3-locular, 1.5–2 mm diam. <b>Seeds</b> 23–33 per locule, ellipsoid, straight or curved to 20°, 0.4–0.5 × 0.1–0.2 mm; pits angular-hexagonal, length 3–5 times width, in 6 rows, 16–25(–35) per row.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering summer.
|habitat=Muddy shores (fresh or tidal), shallow vernal pools, ditches, rice fields.
|elevation=0–2800 m.
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Nev.;N.Mex.;Oreg.;Wash.;South America.
|discussion=<p>The distribution of <i>Elatine chilensis</i> has an amphitropical disjunction between western North America and southern South America. The minute seeds of <i>E. chilensis</i> probably have been dispersed between the two regions by birds (S. Carlquist 1983).</p>
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name=Elatine chilensis
|authority=Gay
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Elatine gracilis
|basionyms=
|family=Elatinaceae
|phenology=Flowering summer.
|habitat=Muddy shores (fresh or tidal), shallow vernal pools, ditches, rice fields.
|elevation=0–2800 m.
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Nev.;N.Mex.;Oreg.;Wash.;South America.
|reference=None
|publication title=Fl. Chil.
|publication year=1846
|special status=Weedy
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/bb6b7e3a7de7d3b7888a1ad48c7fd8f5c722d8d6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V12/V12_322.xml
|genus=Elatine
|species=Elatine chilensis
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