General:
Perennial amphibious herb from a shallow creeping rhizome, smooth throughout; stems trailing to ascending, 10-70 cm long/tall, rooting at the lower nodes, simple or branched, somewhat fleshy.
Leaves:
Opposite, short-stalked, lanceolate to egg-shaped, 1-5 (8) cm long, usually distinctly toothed.
Flowers:
Inflorescences several long, open, opposite, stalked racemes arising from the axils of upper leaves, the racemes of 5 to 25 stalked flowers, the flower stalks much longer than the linear bracts; corollas blue, saucer-shaped, 5-10 mm across, irregularly 4-lobed, the lobes much longer than the short tube, the lowest lobe narrower than the others; calyces 2-5 mm long, deeply 4-lobed, the lobes lanceolate to egg-shaped; styles 2-4 mm long, exserted; stamens 2.
Fruits:
Capsules, 3-4 mm long, a little wider than long, plump, somewhat globe-shaped, not or scarcely notched at the tip; seeds numerous, flattened, about 0.5 mm long.
Site Information |
Value / Class |
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Avg |
Min |
Max |
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Elevation
(metres) |
967 | 0 | 1891 |
Slope
Gradient (%) |
4 | 0 | 80 |
Aspect (degrees) |
122 | 0 | 360 |
Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
6 | 1 | 8 |
Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
D | ||
#
of field plots species was recorded in: |
236 | ||
Modal
BEC Zone Class |
SBS | ||
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
BWBS(6), CDF(8), CWH(33), ESSF(40), ICH(42), IDF(14), MS(15), SBPS(13), SBS(42), SWB(2) | ||
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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