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Accession Data:

Hippuris vulgaris L.

  • Common Name: Mare's Tail
  • Family: Plantaginaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: Circumboreal
  • Habitat: Shallow water or muddy margins of lakes, ponds, marshes, and streams

  • Culture: Full sun; dislikes shade, Soil muddy, Water shallow & still
  • USDA Zone: 3

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 200202440
  • Source: Chad Husby - FIU
  • Accession Date: 10-04-2002
  • Bench: 2310 - Temperate Carnivores
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 04-16-2025
  • Restrictions:
    • Potentially Invasive Plant - Plants are not to leave Greenhouse!

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: euasterid I
  • Order: Lamiales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Plantaginaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe: Callitricheae
  • SubTribe:

References (internal):

  • Aquatic Plants
  • Benthophyte
  • Invasive Species
  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Monday, April 09, 2018.
  2. Hippuris vulgaris at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Monday, April 09, 2018.

data regenerated on Wed, 16 Apr 2025 11:45:06 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Plantaginaceae

  • Plantago major

Subfamily
Tribe Antirrhineae

  • Antirrhininae: Cymbalaria muralis 'Globosa'

Subfamily
Tribe Callitricheae

  • Hippuris vulgaris

Subfamily
Tribe Gratioleae

  • Gratiola aurea W/C

Subfamily
Tribe Russelieae

  • Russelia equisetiformis
  • Tetranema roseum

Subfamily
Tribe Veroniceae

  • Hebe buxifolia
W/C = Wild Collected
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