Plantaginaceae

Autumnal water-starwort

Callitriche hermaphroditica L.

Family: Plantaginaceae
Genus: Callitriche

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Autumnal water-starwort: Autumnal Water-starwort — Photo: Юлия, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (20)

Armenian: Վարսագեղ հերմաֆրոդիտ
Belarusian: Балотнік двухполы
Chinese: 線葉水馬齒, 线叶水马齿
Croatian: Jesenska žabovlatka
Czech: Hvězdoš podzimní
Danish: Høstvandstjerne
Dutch: Rond sterrenkroos
English: Autumnal water-starwort, Northern water-starwort
Estonian: Sügis-vesitäht
Finnish: Uposvesitähti
German: Herbst-Wasserstern, Herbstwasserstern
hsb: Nazymski jabrik
Icelandic: Haustbrúða
Norwegian Bokmål: Høstvasshår
Norwegian Nynorsk: Haustvasshår
Polish: Rzęśl jesienna
Russian: Болотник обоеполый
Swedish: Höstlånke
Ukrainian: Виринниця двостатева
Welsh: Brigwlydd y cynhaeaf

Synonyms

Callitriche aquatica var. autumnalis Bonnier
Callitriche autumnalis L.
Callitriche sessilis var. autumnalis Mérat

Flowers

Flower colour: green (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native

Photos

Photo: Юлия, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Юлия, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.