Terrestrial Starwort
| Scientific Name: | Callitriche terrestris |
|---|
NOTES: Flowers and fruits very tiny, requiring a hand lens to see them. Typically grows in puddles, wheel ruts, and wet soil.
| Scientific Name: | Callitriche terrestris |
|---|
| Genus species: | Callitriche terrestris |
|---|---|
| Common Name: | Terrestrial Starwort |
| Family Name: | Callitrichaceae 
Tiny glabrous annuals in water or on wet soil; leaves opposite or sometimes appearing whorled, simple, entire; flowers unisexual and axillary, perianth absent, and flowers reduced to a single stamen or single 2-locular ovary; fruit dry and splitting into four 1-seeded nutlets. |
| Seed Type: | Angiosperm |
| Origin:
Native: native to North America. Non-native: not native to North America. Introduced Native: native to North America, but not Rowe Woods. * Definitions based on the USDA terminology |
Native |
| Category: | Wildflower |
| Flower Color: | Green/Brown |
| Identified by: | M. Becus |
