Difference between revisions of "Caltha natans"

Pallas

Reise 3: 284. 1776.

Illustrated
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.
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|elevation=25-1500 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.W.T.;Ont.;Sask.;Yukon;Alaska;Minn.;Wis.;Eurasia.
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|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.W.T.;Nunavut;Ont.;Sask.;Yukon;Alaska;Minn.;Wis.;Eurasia.
 
|discussion=<p>Unlike the other species of <i>Caltha</i> in North America, <i>C. natans</i> is relatively invariable morphologically and has not been divided into segregate taxa.</p>
 
|discussion=<p>Unlike the other species of <i>Caltha</i> in North America, <i>C. natans</i> is relatively invariable morphologically and has not been divided into segregate taxa.</p>
 
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|habitat=Floating or on moist mud, ponds, lakes, slow-moving rivers and streams
 
|elevation=25-1500 m
 
|elevation=25-1500 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.W.T.;Ont.;Sask.;Yukon;Alaska;Minn.;Wis.;Eurasia.
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|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.W.T.;Nunavut;Ont.;Sask.;Yukon;Alaska;Minn.;Wis.;Eurasia.
 
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Latest revision as of 15:29, 24 September 2021

Stems leafy, floating or creeping, rooting at nodes. Basal leaves: blade ovate-reniform or cordate, largest 1-2.5 × 1-5 cm, margins nearly entire. Inflorescences 2-6-flowered. Flowers 8-13 mm diam.; sepals white or pinkish, 4-7(-8) mm. Follicles 20-55, widely spreading, sessile, oblong; bodies 3.2-6.5 × 1-2.5 mm; style and stigma curved, 0.1-0.4 mm. Seeds broadly elliptic, 0.5-0.8 mm. 2n=16, 32.


Phenology: Flowering late spring–summer (Jun–Aug).
Habitat: Floating or on moist mud, ponds, lakes, slow-moving rivers and streams
Elevation: 25-1500 m

Distribution

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Alta., B.C., Man., N.W.T., Nunavut, Ont., Sask., Yukon, Alaska, Minn., Wis., Eurasia.

Discussion

Unlike the other species of Caltha in North America, C. natans is relatively invariable morphologically and has not been divided into segregate taxa.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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Pallas +
Alta. +, B.C. +, Man. +, N.W.T. +, Nunavut +, Ont. +, Sask. +, Yukon +, Alaska +, Minn. +, Wis. +  and Eurasia. +
25-1500 m +
Floating or on moist mud, ponds, lakes, slow-moving rivers and streams +
Flowering late spring–summer (Jun–Aug). +
Illustrated +
Caltha natans +
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