Alisma plantago-aquatica L., Sp. Pl. 342 1753. (syn: Alisma angustifolium Hoppe; Alisma ceretanica Sennen; Alisma heterophyllum Schur; Alisma latifolium Gilib. [Invalid]; Alisma major Gray .; Alisma michaletii (Asch. & Graebn.) Asch. & Graebn.; Alisma natans Pollich [Illegitimate]; Alisma paniculatum Stokes; Alisma plantagineum St.-Lag.; Alisma plantaginifolium St.-Lag.; Alisma plantago-aquatica f. latifolium (Kunth) Buchenau ........; Alisma verticillatum Dulac; Echinodorus vulgaris Bubani);
Alisma plantago-aquatica from Gulmarg, Kashmir: Alisma plantago-aquatica L., Sp. Pl. 342 1753. Common names: Common water-plantain, mad dog weed Emergent aquatic herb distinct from A. lanceolatum in its ovate-lanceolate or ovate leaves rounded or cordate at base and obtuse petals; petiole 7-30 cm long; panicle up to 55 cm long with 4-8 erect branches; flowers white, about 1 cm across; sepals elliptic-ovate, up to 3 mm long with membranous margin; petals about twice as long as sepals, claw yellow, limb white (or pink); anthers yellow; achenes 2-3 mm long, pale brown.
Photographed from Gulmarg, Kashmir, growing in roadside ditches. It was photographed on July 25, 2011 References:
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