Mudworts
Botanical name: Limosella
Mudworts
Botanical name: Limosella
Species of Mudworts
Water mudwort
Water mudwort is a semiaquatic, moss-like plant of temperate climates. This small, inconspicuous plant has a low-growing, creeping growth habit that forms a carpet around water surfaces such as bogs, ponds, lakes, and cattle tanks. It is quite rare and listed as vulnerable or protected in some regions.
Limosella grandiflora
Limosella grandiflora are annual, largely aquatic plants, found in muddy areas worldwide.
Owyhee mudwort
It is a fleshy annual herb forming low mats in muddy substrate. The flattened leaves are linear to strap-shaped to spoon-shaped and up to 6 cm long. The inflorescence is an erect stalk bearing one white to pale lavender flower just a few millimeters wide. The fruit is a capsule up to 5 millimeters wide containing many tiny seeds.
Scientific Classification
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