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|accepted_name=Elatine californica
|accepted_authority=A. Gray
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
|place=13: 361, 364. 1878
|year=1878
}}
|common_names=California waterwort
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Elatine californica var. williamsii
|authority=(Rydberg) Fassett
}}{{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=E. williamsii
|authority=Rydberg
}}
|hierarchy=Elatinaceae;Elatine;Elatine californica
|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 californica]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 349, 351
|treatment_page=page 350
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> submersed or growing on exposed but wet substrates, 1–5 cm. <b>Stems</b> decumbent to erect, branched. <b>Leaves</b> light green to green, sometimes becoming reddish in terrestrial plants; stipules lanceolate, 0.5–0.6 mm, margins dentate, apex acute; petiole 1–4 mm; blade obovate to oblanceolate, 4–12(–15) × 1.2–3 mm, base narrowly cuneate, apex acute to obtuse. <b>Pedicels</b> 1.5–2.5(–3.5) mm, recurved in fruit. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals 4, usually equal, sometimes 1 reduced, oblong-ovate or widely lanceolate, 0.5–0.6 × 0.3–0.4 mm; petals 4, greenish white, slightly reddish, or pink, elliptic or ovate, 1–1.5 × 0.5–0.6 mm; stamens 8; styles 4. <b>Capsules</b> depressed-ovoid, 4-locular, 1.3–2.5 mm diam. <b>Seeds</b> 2–5 per locule, oblong to ellipsoid, curved 90–180°, 0.6–1 × 0.2 mm; pits elliptic, length 1–3 times width, in 6–10 rows, (16–)20–29 per row.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering summer.
|habitat=Pools, pond shores, rice fields, stream banks.
|elevation=0–1900(–2600) m.
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Idaho;Mont.;Nev.;N.Mex.;Oreg.;Utah;Wash.;Mexico (Baja California).
|discussion=<p>Elatine californica is distinguished from other species of the genus by having long pedicels that are recurved in fruit and strongly curved seeds that can be nearly circular.</p>
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name=Elatine californica
|author=
|authority=A. Gray
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Elatine californica var. williamsii;E. williamsii
|basionyms=
|family=Elatinaceae
|phenology=Flowering summer.
|habitat=Pools, pond shores, rice fields, stream banks.
|elevation=0–1900(–2600) m.
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Idaho;Mont.;Nev.;N.Mex.;Oreg.;Utah;Wash.;Mexico (Baja California).
|reference=None
|publication title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
|publication year=1878
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/9216fc802291cd3df363fd52122300479582ede7/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V12/V12_499.xml
|genus=Elatine
|species=Elatine californica
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