Callitriche petriei
Endemic
- Scientific Name
- Callitriche petriei
- Type
- Native
- Plant Life-form Type
- short
- Taxonomy
- Mason
- Presence
- North, South and Chatham Islands
- Habitat
- Margins of lakes, ponds and waterways
- Temperature (°C)
- cold water aquaria
- Hardness (ppm)
- Hardy
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Propagation
- Stem fragments with nodes
- Features
- C. petriei is a soft, creeping herb with prostrate (5 to 30 cm long), ascending or erect banches (up to ca 7 cm tall). The leaves are obovate when out of the water (ca 3mm long) and thin and longer (ca to 6 to 11 mm) spathulate when submerged. The plants are dioecious. The flowers are solitary, usually on alternate sides of the stem.
- Source
- TIFBIS