Plantaginaceae
Owyhee mudwort
Limosella acaulis
- Family
- Plantaginaceae
- Genus
- Limosella
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Owyhee mudwort
- Russian
- Лужница бесстебельная
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Ken-ichi Ueda, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ken-ichi Ueda, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ken-ichi Ueda, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ken-ichi Ueda, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification 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.