Botanical Family · Malpighiales
Elatinaceae
Waterwort Family
1 speciesOrder Malpighiales1+ well-known plants
The Elatinaceae family (Waterwort Family) is a botanical family placed in the order Malpighiales. It is represented by a single species in the SASYA catalogue. That species is a herb.
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Tiny opposite leaves on small creeping or submerged aquatic herbs; minute flowers with parts in twos to fives sit singly in the leaf axils, ripening into a small capsule.
Among the smallest flowering plants encountered in wetland surveys, easily overlooked entirely without close inspection of muddy or submerged ground.
Typical leaf characters
- ArrangementVariable
- TypeVariable
- MarginVariable
- VenationVariable
Characters typical of the family — individual species can vary.
Typical flower & fruit
- Flower symmetryVariable
- InflorescenceCyme
- FruitVariable
Typical of the family — flowering plants only; species can vary.
Notable members
All 1 species in ELATINACEAE
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