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Redstem

Ammannia verticillata

Also called Redstems

Family
Lythraceae (Loosestrife family)
Grows as
Annual
Water
Likes moisture
Native range
SE. Ukraine to C. Asia and Pakistan
Climate
temperate

About

Ammannia verticillata is a species in the family Lythraceae. It is found in central and southeast Asia, and is naturalized in southern Europe. It grows in wet places such as marshes, river banks and rice fields.

Other Ammannia plants

Ammannia arnhemica · Eared redstem · Monarch redstem · Valley redstem · Ammannia crinipes · Ammannia fitzgeraldii · Delicate Ammania · Ammannia muelleri · Eared Redstem · Ammannia pubescens · Grand redstem · Red Ammannia

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ammannia verticillata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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