Common Name: FIGWORT FAMILY Habit: Annual to tree, generally glandular, some +- aquatic. Stem: round to square in ×-section. Leaf: simple, generally alternate, generally +- entire; stipules generally 0 (present in Limosella). Inflorescence: spike to panicle (head-like), generally bracted, or flowers 1--4 in axils. Flower: generally bisexual; calyx lobes 4--5; corolla bilateral to radial, lobes 4--5; stamens epipetalous, 4--5[6--8], 5th a staminode in Scrophularia; pistil 1, ovary superior, chambers generally 2, placentas axile, style 1, stigma lobes generally 2. Fruit: capsule, generally +- ovoid, loculicidal or septicidal, or drupe-like. Genera In Family: +- 65 genera, 1700 species: +- worldwide; some cultivated as ornamental (Verbascum). Note: Other taxa moved to Plantaginaceae (Antirrhinum, Bacopa, Collinsia, Cymbalaria, Digitalis, Dopatrium, Gambelia, Gratiola, Hebe, Holmgrenanthe, Keckiella, Kickxia, Limnophila, Linaria, Lindernia, Maurandella, Mohavea, Nothochelone, Penstemon, Pseudorontium, Stemodia, Synthyris, Tonella, Veronica), Orobanchaceae (Bellardia, Castilleja, Cordylanthus, Orthocarpus, Parentucellia, Pedicularis, Triphysaria), Phrymaceae (Diplacus, Erythranthe, Mimetanthe, Mimulus). eFlora Treatment Author: Margriet Wetherwax, except as noted Scientific Editor: Douglas H. Goldman, Bruce G. Baldwin.
Common Name: MUDWORT Habit: Annual, stoloned, occasionally partly submersed. Leaf: basal, erect; stipules generally present; petioles present or not. Inflorescence: scapose; flower 1. Flower: calyx bell-shaped, lobes 5, ovate, acute; corolla radial, bell-shaped, lobes 5, adaxially sparsely papillate; stamens 4; style generally +- terminal, stigmas generally fused, head-like. Fruit: elliptic to spheric, chambers 2 proximally, 1 distally. Seed: many, minute. Etymology: (Latin: mud seat, from habitat)
Limosella acaulis Sessé & Moc.
NATIVE Habit: Cespitose, generally mat-forming. Leaf: 1--6 cm, 0.5--2 mm wide, flat, linear to +- spoon-shaped; stipules generally ear-shaped, transparent; petiole generally 0. Inflorescence: pedicels < 2/3 leaf length, spreading in fruit. Flower: calyx lobes +- = tube; corolla 2--3 mm, white to lavender, lobes rounded; stamens attached at 1 level; style 0.2--0.7 mm, erect to +- curved. Fruit: 3--5 mm, spheric. Ecology: Wet, muddy places, generally fresh water; Elevation: < 3300 m. Bioregional Distribution: KR, SNH, GV, CW, SW, GB; Distribution Outside California: to New Mexico, Mexico. Flowering Time: May--Oct Jepson eFlora Author: Margriet Wetherwax Index of California Plant Names (ICPN; linked via the Jepson Online Interchange) Previous taxon: Limosella Next taxon: Limosella aquatica
Botanical illustration including Limosella acaulis
Citation for this treatment: Margriet Wetherwax 2012, Limosella acaulis, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=31027, accessed on April 19, 2024.
Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2024, Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on April 19, 2024.
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