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Welsh mudwort

Limosella australis

Also called Atlantic Mudwort, Delta Mudwort, Southern Mudwort, Mudwort

Welsh mudwort
Photo: Johann Georg Sturm (Painter: Jacob Sturm), Public domain
Family
Scrophulariaceae (Scrophulari family)
Grows as
Annual
Native range
Great Britain (Wales), Bioko, S. Trop. Africa to W. Cape Prov., Australasia, Ame
Climate
temperate

About

Limosella australis, common name Welsh mudwort, is an annual dicot plant that is indigenous to the United States and Canada. It has white flowers, and blooms between July and October. Its habitat is tidal mudflats, muddy or sandy shores It is listed as a special concern species in Connecticut.

Other Limosella plants

Owyhee mudwort · Water mudwort · Mudwort

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Limosella australis 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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