Elatine hexandra, the six-stamened waterwort, is a species of flowering plant in the family Elatinaceae, which grows in shallow water around lakes and pools in Europe from Ireland to Romania. It is declining due to drainage and water pollution and is therefore protected in several countries.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Six-stamened Waterwort being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Malpighiales
- Family
- Elatinaceae
- Genus
- Elatine
- Species
- Elatine hexandra
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