Key to Limosella
View taxon page for Limosella
(For a list of species in Limosella, use the above link.)
Jepson Manual glossary definitions can be seen by moving your cursor over words underlined with dots.
1. Leaves awl-like,
cylindric Elongate, with parallel sides and, at any point, round in transverse section.
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style >
ovary ..... L. australis 1' Leaves flat,
blade Expanded portion of a leaf, petal, or other structure, generally flat but sometimes rolled, cylindric, wavy, or cupped.
linear Elongate, with nearly parallel sides; narrower than elliptic or oblong.
to
ovate Egg-shaped (i.e., widest below the middle) in two dimensions (i.e., in one plane), as a leaf.
; style <= ovary
2. Leaf linear to ± spoon-shaped,
petiole Leaf stalk, connecting leaf blade to stem; sometimes more or less indistinct.
generally indistinct;
corolla lobes 1. A major expansion or bulge, such as on the margin of a leaf, sepal, or petal, or on the surface of an ovary. 2. The free tips of otherwise fused structures, such as sepals or petals; larger than teeth.
rounded
..... L. acaulis 2' Leaf blade spoon-shaped to ovate, petiole generally distinct; corolla lobes
acute Having a short-tapered, sharp tip, the sides convex or straight and converging at less than a right angle.
..... L. aquatica
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