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Limosella acaulis

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Scrophulariaceae

Scientific name
  
Limosella acaulis

Rank
  
Species

Order
  
Lamiales

Genus
  
Limosella

Higher classification
  
Limosella

Similar
  
Limosella, Scrophulariaceae, Limosella aquatica, Scrophularia

Limosella acaulis is a species of flowering plant in the figwort family known by the common name Owyhee mudwort. It is native to western North America from the Pacific Northwest to northern Mexico, where it grows in many types of muddy habitat next to water, such as pond edges. It is a fleshy annual herb forming low mats in muddy substrate. The flattened leaves are linear to strap-shaped to spoon-shaped and up to 6 centimeters long. The inflorescence is an erect stalk bearing one white to pale lavender flower just a few millimeters wide. The fruit is a capsule up to 5 millimeters wide containing many tiny seeds.

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Limosella acaulis Wikipedia