trefle.io · Taken Jun 6, 2022 by Sabina Hartmann (cc-by-sa)
Plantaginaceae
Narrow-fruit water-starwort
Callitriche palustris
Also known as Narrow-fruited water starwort, Water starwort, Callitriche, Callitriche androgyna
Native Plants · Aquatic · Pond Plant · Water Garden · Bog Plant · Submerged · Cool-Climate · Fast-Growing · Wetland · Native
Narrow-fruit water-starwort is an aquatic or semi-aquatic plant that must be kept in standing water or permanently saturated soil. It grows quickly in cool, shallow ponds or stream margins and benefits from partial sun to full sun exposure. It is best suited for water gardens, bog gardens, or naturalized pond edges.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Plant must remain submerged or in saturated soil at all times · Submerged or kept permanently wet
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil pH
- 5.2–6.8
- Temperature
- -30°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 4a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Spacing
- 6 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Afghanistan, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Altay, Amur, Arizona, Austria, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Borneo, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Central European Rus, China North-Central
Sources: trefle, usda
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