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Photographer: Scott A. Milburn
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Family Lythraceae
Rotala ramosior (L.) Koehne
lowland rotala, tooth-cup, wheel-wort tooth-cup
Rotala: diminutive of roto for "wheel," referring to whorled leaves of original species
ramosior: more branched
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect or drooping, annual, 4"-16" tall forb, hairless, often with many branches; stems weak, trailing or erect, often reddish |
| Flower: | pinkish to white, tiny, 4 -5-parted, petals fall off very early; triangular appendages, about the same size as the sepals, alternate with them; solitary in the leaf axils |
| Leaf: | opposite or whorled |
| Habitat: | wet; in muddy soil |
| (Glossary) |
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