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Elatine chilensis

Family
Elatinaceae (Elatin family)
Grows as
Aquatic
Native range
Bolivia to S. South America, Falkland Is.
Climate
subtropical

About

Elatine chilensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Elatinaceae. According to Plants of the World Online, this species is native to Chile, Argentina and Bolivia, and has been introduced to the United States, specifically in Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon and Washington. In Chile, it is distributed from the Santiago Metropolitan region to the Los Lagos regions.

Other Elatine plants

Elatine alsinastrum · Waterwort · Maltese Waterwort · Six-stamened waterwort · Eight-stamened waterwort · Small waterwort · Ojibway Waterwort · Straight Seed Mudwort · Threestamen waterwort · Waterwort

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Elatine chilensis 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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