Callitriche marginata is a species of aquatic plant known by the common name winged water starwort. Callitriche marginata is native to the west coast of North America from British Columbia to Baja California, where it grows in and around vernal pools.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Winged Water-starwort 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
- Callitriche brutia
- Callitriche palustris
- Callitriche terrestris
- Callitriche cophocarpa
- Callitriche heterophylla
- Crassula natans
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Lamiales
- Family
- Plantaginaceae
- Genus
- Callitriche
- Species
- Callitriche marginata
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