Myosoton aquaticum, (L.) Moench
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1. M. aquaticum (L.) Moench View in CoL , Meth. 225 (1794)
( Cerastium aquaticum L. , Stellaria aquatica (L.) Scop. , Malachium aquaticum (L.) Fries ).
Flowering stems 20-120 cm, decumbent or ascending, weak, glandular-hairy above. Leaves 2-5(-8) cm, thin, ovate, acute to acuminate at apex, truncate or cordate at base, hairy or glabrous, shortly petiolate, or the upper sessile. Petals white, bifid to the base, exceeding the obtuse sepals. Ripe capsule exceeding the sepals, pendent from the patent pedicel. 2« = 28. Europe, northwards to 65° N. in Fennoscandia. All except Az BI FaHbIsSaSbTu.
Variable, especially in habit, hairiness and leaf-shape. Malachium calycinum Willk. , Bot. Zeit. 5: 239 (1847) from S. Spain (Carratraca, N.W. of Malaga), with the stem having a single row of hairs and the petals only half as long as the sepals, may merit subspecific rank.
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Myosoton aquaticum
| Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. 1964 |