Damasonium californicum

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. This is a plant of wet environments in the western United States from Idaho, Oregon, Nevada, California, Montana, Washington state.[1][2]

Damasonium californicum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Alismataceae
Genus: Damasonium
Species:
D. californicum
Binomial name
Damasonium californicum
Synonyms

Alisma californicum Micheli
Machaerocarpus californicus (Torr. ex Benth.) Small

Damasonium californicum is a resident of ponds, riversides, and vernal pools. This is a tough-stemmed plant which may live submersed in water or erect on mud or moist soils. It has long, narrow leaves consisting of a thin blade 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 fruits develop into flat, beaked achenes, several achenes gathered into a star-shaped bunch.[3]

References
  1. Biota of North America Program Image
  2. "Plants Profile for Damasonium californicum (California damsonium)". plants.usda.gov. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
  3. "UC/JEPS: Jepson Manual treatment for DAMASONIUM californicum". ucjeps.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2017-01-26.


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