Hippuris vulgaris

Common Mare's-tail

Flickr photo 'Hippuris vulgaris (+ leaves of Nuphar lutea) (48°09' N 16°33' E)' by: HermannFalkner/sokol.

Flickr photo 'Hippuris vulgaris/Phragmites australis habitat (48°09' N 16°33' E)' by: HermannFalkner/sokol.

Flickr photo 'Hippuris vulgaris (48°09' N 16°33' E)' by: HermannFalkner/sokol.

Flickr photo 'Hippuris vulgaris (48°08' N 16°36' E)' by: HermannFalkner/sokol.

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Species group: Plants

Found in: Plants and lichens of Puget Trough

Data Sources

Classification

Kingdom:

Plantae

Phylum:

Anthophyta

Class:

Dicotyledoneae

Order:

Callitrichales

Family:

Hippuridaceae

Genus:

Hippuris

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Distribution

Localities documented in Tropicos sources

Hippuris vulgaris L.:
Australia (Oceania)
Canada (North America)
Chile (South America)
Greenland (North America)
United States (North America)
China (Asia)

Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.

References:

Voss, E. G. 1985. Michigan Flora. Part II Dicots (Saururaceae-Cornaceae). Bull. Cranbrook Inst. Sci. 59. xix + 724.
Gleason, H. A. 1968. The Choripetalous Dicotyledoneae. vol. 2. 655 pp. In H. A. Gleason Ill. Fl. N. U.S. (ed. 3). New York Botanical Garden, New York.
Marticorena, C. & M. Quezada. 1985. Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Chile. Gayana, Bot. 42: 1–157.
Great Plains Flora Association. 1986. Fl. Great Plains i–vii, 1–1392. University Press of Kansas, Lawrence.
Fernald, M. 1950. Manual (ed. 8) i–lxiv, 1–1632. American Book Co., New York.
Hickman, J. C. 1993. Jepson Man.: Higher Pl. Calif. i–xvii, 1–1400. University of California Press, Berkeley.
Munz, P. A. & D. D. Keck. 1959. Cal. Fl. 1–1681. University of California Press, Berkeley.
Munz, P. A. 1974. Fl. S. Calif. 1–1086. University of California Press, Berkeley.
Cronquist, A. J., A. H. Holmgren, N. H. Holmgren, J. L. Reveal & P. K. Holmgren. 1984. Vascular Plants of the Intermountain West, U.S.A. 4: 1–573. In A. J. Cronquist, A. H. Holmgren, N. H. Holmgren, J. L. Reveal & P. K. Holmgren (eds.) Intermount. Fl. Hafner Pub. Co., New York.
Flora of China Editorial Committee. 2007. Fl. China 13: 1–548. Science Press & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Beijing & St. Louis.

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Missouri Botanical Garden

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Distribution

Gansu, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Xinjiang, Xizang, Yunnan [temperate regions worldwide].

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National Distribution

Canada

Origin: Native

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Present

Confidence: Confident

Type of Residency: Year-round

United States

Origin: Native

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Present

Confidence: Confident

Type of Residency: Year-round

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Distribution

Distribution: Most of Europe and Asia, N. Africa, N. America.

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Distribution

Europe, Alpine Himalaya, Tibet, Siberia, W. & N. China, N. Japan, N. & S. America, Greenland.

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Stems 10-150 cm or longer in running water. Leaves (4-)8-12-whorled, often spreading, lanceolate to linear, 1.5-6 × 0.1-0.2 cm, longest at mid-shoot, margin entire to weakly denticulate, apex somewhat thickened, subacute; submerged leaves longer than emergent leaves. Flowers purplish. Stamens ca. 1.5 mm. Ovary ca. 1 mm. Achene ovoid-ellipsoid, 1.5-2.5 mm, smooth. Fl. Apr-Sep, fr. May-Oct.

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Description

Variable, heterophyllous, wholly or partly submerged. Rhizome creeping, stout. Leaves 6-12 in a whorl, sessile, 6-16 mm long, 1-2 mm broad, entire, glabrous; submerged leaves longer and thinner. Flowers in the axils of short rigid emergent leaves. Anther bilobed. Fruit ovoid, 1.5-2 mm long, 1-1.5 mm broad.

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Elevation Range

3000-4700 m

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Diagnostic Description

Synonym

Hippuris eschscholtzii Lamarck; H. montana Reichenbach; H. spiralis D. Yu; H. vulgaris var. ramificans D. Yu.

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Habitat

Stagnant and slow-running waters, lakes, bogs, streams, river shores, paddy fields; near sea level to 5000 m.

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Associations

Foodplant / open feeder
adult of Phaedon armoraciae grazes on live, perforated leaf of Hippuris vulgaris
Remarks: season: 5-11

Source:

BioImages - the Virtual Fieldguide (UK)

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Cyclicity

Flower/Fruit

Fl.Per.: July-August.

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Molecular Biology

Statistics of barcoding coverage: Hippuris vulgaris

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 11
Specimens with Barcodes: 22
Species With Barcodes: 1

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Conservation Status

National NatureServe Conservation Status

Canada

Rounded National Status Rank: N5 - Secure

United States

Rounded National Status Rank: N4 - Apparently Secure

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NatureServe Conservation Status

Rounded Global Status Rank: G5 - Secure

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NatureServe Explorer

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Classification

Other Global Common Names:

common mare's-tail

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Taxonomy:

Informal Taxonomy:

Plants, Vascular - Flowering Plants - Other flowering plants

Formal Taxonomy:

Plantae - Anthophyta - Dicotyledoneae - Callitrichales - Hippuridaceae - Hippuris

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Global Status Last Reviewed:

1984-05-16

Global Status Last Changed:

1984-05-16

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Hippuris vulgaris

Common Mare's-tail

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