Starwort - introduced (*Callitriche brutia subsp brutia)

Family: Plantaginaceae (Plantain family).

Native of Europe and Greenland.

Occurrence: Uncommon. Grows in water. It is an environmental weed.

Identification:

• it has small round to oval leaves and also long, narrow leaves that are notched at the tip
• the leaves are in pairs and almost stalkless
• the leaves have three or more longitudinal veins.

Common Starwort (*Callitriche stagnalis) is similar but has only paired oval leaves. It also grows in water.

Name. Callitriche: beautiful + hair.

Images:
Pressed and dried specimens. Mt Alexander.