| Accepted name: |
Limosella aquatica L. |
| Synonym(s): |
-Limosella australis R. Br.
-Limosella tenuifolia H. Hoffm.
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| English names: |
Mudwort
Mudweed
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| French names: |
Limoselle aquatique
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Scrophulariales
Family: Scrophulariaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HLIMAQ
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
A |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
- |
| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Roll of washed leaves used to plug a bullet or arrow wound. Leaves rubbed on body ceremonially for protection against witches(*19)(3). |
| Key Characters: |
- |
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