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Plantaginaceae

Various-leaved water-starwort

Callitriche platycarpa Kütz.

Family
Plantaginaceae
Genus
Callitriche

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Various-leaved water-starwort: (nl:Gewoon sterrenkroos) Callitriche platycarpa;
Photo: Rasbak, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (10)
Belarusian
Балотнік плоскі
Czech
Hvězdoš hranoplodý
Dutch
Gewoon sterrenkroos
English
Various-leaved water-starwort
German
Flachfrüchtiger Wasserstern
hsb
Płonopłodowy jabrik
Polish
Rzęśl płaskoowockowa
Russian
Болотник изменчивый, Болотник короткоплодный, Красовласка короткоплодная
Swedish
Plattlånke
Welsh
Brigwlydd y gwanwyn

Synonyms

  • Callitriche aquatica subsp. platycarpa (Kütz.) Bonnier & Layens
  • Callitriche font-queri P.Allorge
  • Callitriche natans (L.) Samp.
  • Callitriche palustris var. natans L.
  • Callitriche platycarpa f. anisophylla Kütz.
  • Callitriche platycarpa f. caespititia Kütz.
  • Callitriche platycarpa f. carpophora Kütz.
  • Callitriche platycarpa f. fluctuans Kütz.
  • Callitriche platycarpa f. lanceolata Kütz.
  • Callitriche platycarpa f. laxa Kütz.
  • Callitriche platycarpa f. leptophylla Kütz.
  • Callitriche platycarpa f. major Kütz.
  • Callitriche platycarpa f. minor Kütz.
  • Callitriche platycarpa f. sterilis (Kütz.) Kütz.
  • Callitriche platycarpa subsp. fluviatilis Kütz.
  • Callitriche platycarpa subsp. stagnalis Kütz.
  • Callitriche platycarpa var. agona Kütz.
  • Callitriche platycarpa var. anisophylla (Kütz.) Kütz.
  • Callitriche platycarpa var. elongata Kütz.
  • Callitriche platycarpa var. expansa Kütz.
  • Callitriche platycarpa var. gigantea Kütz.
  • Callitriche platycarpa var. latifolia Kütz.
  • Callitriche platycarpa var. leptophylla (Kütz.) Kütz.
  • Callitriche platycarpa var. obovata Kütz.
  • Callitriche platycarpa var. paludosa Kütz.
  • Callitriche platycarpa var. prolifera Kütz.
  • Callitriche platycarpa var. rigidula Kütz.
  • Callitriche platycarpa var. sclerocaula Kütz.
  • Callitriche platycarpa var. sterilis Kütz.
  • Callitriche platycarpa var. uliginosa Kütz.
  • Callitriche platycarpa var. undulata Kütz.
  • Callitriche stagnalis subsp. platycarpa (Kütz.) Nyman
  • Callitriche stagnalis var. platycarpa (Kütz.) Lloyd & Fouc.
  • Stellaria palustris f. natans (L.) Kuntze
  • Stellina platycarpa (Kütz.) Bubani

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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). About our plant data.