Plantaginaceae
Vernal water-starwort
Callitriche palustris
- Family
- Plantaginaceae
- Genus
- Callitriche
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Common names
By language (19)
- Belarusian
- Балотнік звычайны
- Bulgarian
- Блатно дренче
- Chinese
- 水馬齒, 沼生水馬齒, 沼生水马齿, 水马齿
- Czech
- Hvězdoš jarní
- Dutch
- Klein sterrenkroos
- English
- Vernal water-starwort, Narrow-fruited water-starwort, Spring water-starwort
- Estonian
- Soo-vesitäht
- Finnish
- Pikkuvesitähti
- German
- Sumpf-Wasserstern, Frühlingswasserstern, Frühlings-Wasserstern
- hsb
- Nalětni jabrik, Hwězduš
- Icelandic
- Vorbrúða
- Japanese
- ミズハコベ
- Korean
- 물별이끼
- myv
- Чеядавксонь мазый черь
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Småvasshår
- Polish
- Rzęśl wiosenna
- Russian
- Болотник болотный
- Swedish
- Smålånke
- Ukrainian
- Виринниця болотна
Synonyms
- Callitriche androgyna L.
- Callitriche fontana Scop.
- Callitriche minima (L.) Hoppe
- Callitriche palustris var. minima L.
- Callitriche palustris var. palustris
- Callitriche sessilis var. minima (L.) Mérat
- Callitriche verna f. fontana Soó
- Callitriche verna f. minima (L.) Beger
- Callitriche verna subvar. minima (L.) Nyman
- Callitriche verna var. cespitosa (Schultz) Rchb.
- Callitriche verna var. fontana Rchb.
- Callitriche verna var. leptophylla Wimm. & Grab.
- Callitriche verna var. minima (L.) Dumort.
- Callitriche verna var. minima (L.) Hartm.
- Callitriche verna var. stellata (Hoppe) Kütz.
- Callitriche verna var. stellata (Hoppe) Rchb.
- Callitriche vernalis var. minima (L.) Lange
- Stellaria palustris (L.) Kuntze
- Stellaria palustris f. minima (L.) Kuntze
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, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
LeavesPhoto: Fyodor Pudovikov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Christian Fischer, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Steve Matson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Radio Tonreg from Vienna, Austria, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Алёна Осипова, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Markus Hofbauer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Роман Шестеров, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Étienne Lacroix-Carignan, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Алёна Осипова, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.