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Lesser water-plantain
size:
plant: 5 to 50 centimeters
flower: 1 to 1.6 centimeters
color:
white to pale pink with yellow heart
blossoms:
June through September
pollination:
self and cross pollination
reproduction:
seed
life span:
perennial
- Dut: Stijve moerasweegbree, kleine waterweegbree
- Lat: Echinodorus ranunculoides
- Eng: Lesser Water-Plantain
- Fren: Fluteau fausse-renoncule
- Ger: Hahnenfussähnlicher Igelschlauch
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- Lesser water-plantain, foto fitis, sytske dijksen
Lesser water-plantain
Lesser water-plantain can grow in water as well as dried pools. The ripe fruit can contain as much as 50 individually wrapped seeds. This can make the plant top-heavy. Should the seeds come in contact with water while still on the plant, it's possible for them to germinate. Lesser water-plantain often grows in combination with shore-weed and brookweed in dune pools which lay dry in the summer. It is fairly common on the Wadden Islands and in Voorne, however it has become a rare plant in other parts of the Netherlands.
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