Alisma lanceolatum With., Bot. Arr. Brit. Pl. ed. 3 2: 362 1796. (syn: Alisma plantago-aquatica f. aquaticum Gluck; Alisma plantago-aquatica var. lanceolatum (With.) Lej.; Alisma plantago-aquatica f. pumilum Gluck; Alisma plantago-aquatica var. stenophyllum Asch. & Graebn.; Alisma plantago-aquatica f. stenophyllum (Asch. & Graebn.) Buchenau; Alisma plantago-aquatica f. terrestris Gluck; Alisma stenophyllum Sam.; Alisma subcordatum var. stenophyllum (Asch. & Graebn.) Lunell);
lanceleaf water plantain, Narrow leaved water plantain; Macaronesia, NW. Africa, Europe to China (as per WCSP) Alisma lanceolatum is a species of aquatic plant in the water plantain family known by the common names lanceleaf water plantain and narrow-leaved water plantain.[2] It is widespread across Europe, North Africa and temperate Asia. It is naturalized in Australia, New Zealand, Oregon, California and British Columbia. It is considered a noxious weed in some places.[3][4][5][6] It is found in mud and in fresh waters. This is a perennial herb growing from a caudex in the water or mud. It produces lance-shaped leaves 12 to 20 centimeters long and 4 wide on long petioles; leaves which remain submerged in water are smaller and less prominently veined. The inflorescence is mostly erect and up to half a meter tall. It is a wide array of small pink-petalled flowers, which open in the morning, from June until August. The fruit is a tiny achene up to 2 or 3 millimeters long clustered into an aggregate fruit of about 20 units. The water plantain Alisma plantago-aquatica has acute leaf tips not tapering to a stalk.[7] (from Wikipedia on 8.1.16)
Alisma lanceolatum from Kashmir : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3) Alisma lanceolatum from Kashmir, growing in ditches and ponds in the valley. Photographed near Pattan on June 19, 2010. Nice catch Sir Ji!! A tentative description and Illustration of the plant from Flora of Pakistan Description: http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=222000006 Illustration: http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=115713&flora_id=5 |
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