Rotala ramosior: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Myrtales
- Family
- Lythraceae
- Genus
- Rotala
- Species
- Rotala ramosior
- Scientific Name
- Rotala ramosior
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Rotala ramosior
Rotala ramosior is a species of flowering plant in the loosestrife family known by the common name lowland rotala. This aquatic or semiaquatic plant is native to North America, where it grows in lakes, streams, and irrigation ditches. The branching stems of the plant grow to about 40 cm long. Leaves are decussate, arranged oppositely in perpendicular pairs along the stems. The leaves are linear to lance-shaped to oval and up to 5 cm long. Flowers occur singly in leaf axils. Each has triangular sepals with long, narrow appendages and usually four tiny white petals in shades of pink to white. This plant is sometimes grown in aquariums.
...Rotala ramosior in languages:
- Chinese
- 美洲水豬母乳
- English
- Toothcup
- English
- Lowland Rotala
- English
- lowland toothcup
- French
- rotala rameux
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Rotala belgaumensis
- Rotala biglandulosa
- Rotala capensis
- Rotala cookii
- Rotala densiflora
- Rotala dhaneshiana
- Rotala diandra
- Rotala dinteri
- Rotala filiformis
- Rotala fimbriata
- Rotala floribunda
- Rotala fluitans
- Rotala fontinalis
- Rotala gerardii
- Rotala hippuris
- Rotala illecebroides
- Rotala indica
- Rotala juniperina
- Rotala kasaragodensis
- Rotala lucalensis
- Rotala macrandra
- Rotala malabarica
- Rotala malampuzhensis
- Rotala meenkulamensis
- Rotala mexicana
- Rotala myriophylloides
- Rotala occultiflora
- Rotala pseudojuniperina
- Rotala racemosa
- Rotala ramosior
- Rotala ritchiei
- Rotala rosea
- Rotala rotundifolia
- Rotala sahyadrica
- Rotala serpyllifolia
- Rotala smithii
- Rotala taiwaniana
- Rotala tenella
- Rotala tenuis
- Rotala tripartita
- Rotala tulunadensis
- Rotala vasudevanii
- Rotala verticillaris
- Rotala wallichii
- Rotala welwitschii































































































































































