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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Elatine brachysperma
|accepted_authority=A. Gray
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
|place=13: 361, 363. 1878
|year=1878
}}
|common_names=Short-seed waterwort
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Alsinastrum brachyspermum
|authority=(A. Gray) Greene
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Elatine obovata
|authority=(Fassett) H. Mason
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=E. triandra var. brachysperma
|authority=(A. Gray) Fassett
|rank=variety
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=E. triandra var. obovata
|authority=Fassett
|rank=variety
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Potamopitys brachysperma
|authority=(A. Gray) Kuntze
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Elatinaceae;Elatine;Elatine brachysperma
|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 brachysperma]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 350, 352
|treatment_page=page 353
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> submersed or emersed on wet substrates, 0.5–3(–5) cm. <b>Stems</b> ascending or prostrate, branched. <b>Leaves</b> reddish green; stipules lanceolate, 0.5–0.6 mm, margins dentate, apex acute; petiole (0–)1–3 mm; blade narrowly oblong to ovate, 3–8 × 1–3 mm, base cuneate to rounded, apex rounded to obtuse. <b>Pedicels</b> 0–0.4 mm, erect. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals (2–)3, equal, oblong-ovate, 1.1–1.3 × 0.3 mm; petals 3, pinkish, elliptic or ovate, 1–1.5 × 0.5 mm; stamens 3; styles 3. <b>Capsules</b> globose, 3-locular, 1.1–1.7 mm diam. <b>Seeds</b> (6–)10–15 per locule, oblong, straight or curved to 30°, 0.3–0.5 × 0.1–0.3 mm; pits ± round, length 1–2 times width, in 6(–8) rows, (9–)14–17 per row.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering summer–early fall.
|habitat=Muddy shores, often of ponds or reservoirs.
|elevation=0–1500(–2200) m.
|distribution=B.C.;Ala.;Ariz.;Calif.;Ga.;Ill.;La.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.Mex.;Ohio;Okla.;Oreg.;Tex.;Wash.;Wyo.;Mexico (Baja California);South America (Argentina).
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Elatine brachysperma
|authority=A. Gray
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Alsinastrum brachyspermum;Elatine obovata;E. triandra var. brachysperma;E. triandra var. obovata;Potamopitys brachysperma
|basionyms=
|family=Elatinaceae
|phenology=Flowering summer–early fall.
|habitat=Muddy shores, often of ponds or reservoirs.
|elevation=0–1500(–2200) m.
|distribution=B.C.;Ala.;Ariz.;Calif.;Ga.;Ill.;La.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.Mex.;Ohio;Okla.;Oreg.;Tex.;Wash.;Wyo.;Mexico (Baja California);South America (Argentina).
|reference=None
|publication title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
|publication year=1878
|special status=
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V12/V12_828.xml
|genus=Elatine
|species=Elatine brachysperma
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