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Fringed Water-plantain - Damasonium californicum
Other Names:  Machaerocarpus californicus

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Potential Species of Concern
Native Species

Global Rank: G4
State Rank: SH
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Collected once in Montana along the Kootenai river near Rexford prior to the creation of Lake Koocanusa.
 
General Description
Cormose. Scapes 20–40 cm. Leaf blades lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, 3–12 cm long. Inflorescence a raceme of 1 to 4 whorls; bracts ovate, 4–10 mm long. Flowers unisexual, female below the male; sepals oblong to ovate, reflexed, 4–5 mm long; petals rhombic, white with a yellow, clawed base, 7–10 mm long, erose-margined; stamens 6; pistils 6 to 10. Achenes compressed-obovoid 3–6 mm long with a beak 3–6 mm long, spreading at maturity, tightly packed in a wheel-like head (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Range Comments
MT, OR, ID, NV, CA. Collected once in Lincoln County at a site inundated by Lake Koocanusa (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

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References
  • Literature Cited AboveLegend:   View Online Publication
    • Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 771 p.
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    • Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2022. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants, Second Edition. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 779 p.
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