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California damsonium

Damasonium californicum

Also called California Damasonium

California damsonium
Photo: Unknown author, Public domain

A perennial wildflower of wet places in western North America, growing in ponds, riversides and vernal pools, either submerged or standing on mud. Keep its roots wet or in shallow water.

Family
Alismataceae (Alismat family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep roots constantly wet or submerged in shallow water.
Soil
Mud or wet, saturated soil, such as pond margins.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Oregon to C. Califonia
Climate
temperate

About

Damasonium californicum is a species of perennial wildflower in the water plantain family which is known by the common name fringed water-plantain, or star water-plantain.

D. californicum is a plant of wet environments in the western United States including Washington state, Oregon, northern California, Idaho, Nevada, and Montana. It is a resident of ponds, riversides, and vernal pools.

Other Damasonium plants

Starfruit · Damasonium minus · Starfruit

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Damasonium californicum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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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