| Damasonium californicum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Alismataceae |
| Genus: | Damasonium |
| Species: | D. californicum
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| Binomial name | |
| Damasonium californicum | |
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Alisma californicum Micheli | |
Damasonium californicum is a species of perennial wildflower in the water plantain family which is known by the common name fringed water-plantain, or star water-plantain.
D. californicum is a plant of wet environments in the western United States including Washington state, Oregon, northern California, Idaho, Nevada, and Montana.[1][2][3] It is a resident of ponds, riversides, and vernal pools.[3]
This is a tough-stemmed plant which may live submersed in water or erect on mud or moist soils.[4] It grows to 20–45 centimeters (8–17+1⁄2 inches) above water.[3] It has narrow basal leaves consisting of a thin blade, 2.5–7.5 cm (1–3 in) long,[3] at the end of a long petiole. The inflorescence yields a flower at the end of each of several long peduncles. The flower has three white or pink petals, each with toothed or fringed ends and sometimes a yellow spot at the base. At the center are six short stamens. After the flower withers the narrow fruits within develop into flat, beaked achenes, several achenes gathered into a star-shaped bunch.[5][3]
- ^ Biota of North America Program Image
- ^ "Plants Profile for Damasonium californicum (California damsonium)". plants.usda.gov. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
- ^ a b c d e Spellenberg, Richard (2001) [1979]. National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers: Western Region (rev ed.). Knopf. pp. 333–334. ISBN 978-0-375-40233-3.
- ^ "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin". www.wildflower.org. Retrieved 2021-03-20.
- ^ "UC/JEPS: Jepson Manual treatment for DAMASONIUM californicum". ucjeps.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2017-01-26.