Alisma triviale Pursh

Large-flowered Water Plantain

Synonyms: Alisma brevipes, Alisma plantago-aquatica var. americanum

CLASSIFICATION

Main Group: Plant

Sublevel 1: Angiosperm

Sublevel 2: Monocot

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Family: Alismataceae

Genus: Alisma

Species: Alisma triviale

STATUS IN NEW ENGLAND

Origin: Native

Invasive, Pest, or Pathogen?: No

Rarity Designations: None

BIOLOGY/ECOLOGY

Feeding Type: Photoautotroph

Type of Spores/Gametophytes: Two types of spores, unisexual gametophytes

HABITAT

Wetland Indicator Status: OBL

PHOTOS OF Alisma triviale