View source for Littorella americana

{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Littorella americana
|accepted_authority=Fernald
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Rhodora
|place=20: 62. 1918
|year=1918
}}
|common_names=American shoreweed;littorelle d'Amérique
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Plantaginaceae;Littorella;Littorella americana
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Plantaginaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Littorella]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Littorella americana]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 17
|mention_page=page 278
|treatment_page=page 281
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Perennials </b>fibrous-rooted. <b>Leaves</b> dark green or green when dry, usually arcuate, linear, or subulate, 10–40 × 1–2 mm, glabrous. <b>Spikes</b>: staminate flowers 1, peduncles 5–30 mm, glabrous; pistillate flowers 2–5, at base of plant; bracts rounded. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals 2.5–3 mm; corolla lobes erect; stamen connective to 1 mm. <b>Nutlets</b> 2.5–3 mm. <b>Seeds</b> 2–3 mm. <b>2n</b> = 12.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering summer.
|habitat=Shorelines of lakes, ponds, and slow moving streams.
|elevation=0–200 m.
|distribution=St. Pierre and Miquelon;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.S.;Ont.;Que.;Maine;Mich.;Minn.;N.H.;N.Y.;Vt.;Wis.
|discussion=<p>The relationship between Littorella americana and Eurasian L. uniflora (Linnaeus) Ascherson has been debated. Molecular data provide support for recognition of North American plants as a distinct species (R. K. Hoggard et al. 2003).</p><!--
--><p>Plantago americana (Fernald) Rahn is an invalid name and pertains here.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Littorella americana
|author=
|authority=Fernald
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Plantaginaceae
|phenology=Flowering summer.
|habitat=Shorelines of lakes, ponds, and slow moving streams.
|elevation=0–200 m.
|distribution=St. Pierre and Miquelon;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.S.;Ont.;Que.;Maine;Mich.;Minn.;N.H.;N.Y.;Vt.;Wis.
|reference=None
|publication title=Rhodora
|publication year=1918
|special status=Selected by author to be illustrated;Endemic
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/9216fc802291cd3df363fd52122300479582ede7/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V17/V17_677.xml
|genus=Littorella
|species=Littorella americana
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