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Annual [( perennial herb)], submersed.
Stem: generally many-branched, thread-like, rooting at lower nodes.
Leaf: cauline, alternate to ± opposite, sessile, linear, < 10 cm, < 1 mm wide; stipules < 15 mm, ± completely fused to blade, sheath-like, ± open.
Inflorescence: terminal, head-like spikes with subtending bract, < 20-flowered; peduncle elongating after flower [or not], coiling or not, ovary base elongating after fertilization, becoming stalk-like.
Flower: bisexual, minute; perianth 0; stamens 2, anthers ± sessile; pistils (2)4(8), simple, ovule attached to chamber top, stigma sessile, peltate.
Fruit: drupe, ± nut-like, stalk-like at base, beaked, ovoid- oblique.
1 genus, ± 10 species: ± worldwide. —Scientific Editor: Thomas J. Rosatti.

(H.B. Ruppius, German botanist, 1688–1719) [Haynes 2000 FNANM 22:75–76] 2 North America species ± indistinct; study needed.
Unabridged etymology: (Heinrich Bernhard Ruppius, German botanist, 1688–1719)
Unabridged references: [Haynes 2000 FNANM 22:75–76; Setchell 1946 Proc Calif Acad Sci 25:469–478]

2n=20. Brackish or saline waters, often coastal, marshes, ponds, sloughs; < 600 m. North Coast, sw San Joaquin Valley (Soda Lake, San Luis Obispo Co.), Central Western California, South Coast, Channel Islands;

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Chart based on elevation range in Manual and elevations and coordinates of CCH records. Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria. Note: About half of the CCH records include both elevation and coordinates.	Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria. View all CCH records   CCH collections by month Duplicates counted once; synonyms included. Species do not include records of infraspecific taxa. Blue line denotes Manual flowering time.