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Photographer: Robert W. Freckmann
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Family Elatinaceae
Elatine minima (Nutt.) Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
mud-purslane, small waterwort
Elatine: ancient Greek name for some low creeping plant
minima: smallest
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | floating/matting annual, 2.5" tall, aquatic forb; with shallow root tuffs |
| Flower: | 2-4-parted, tiny, from the leaf axils |
| Fruit: | thin-walled capsule, usually 2 parted; seeds with separate rows of roundish pits, attached at the base, vertical |
| Leaf: | 1/10 - 4/10" oblong-oval with no stem, usually with a slight notch at the tip |
| Habitat: | mudflat, in water less than 7' deep; in sandy soil |
| (Glossary) |
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