Species: Marestail (Hippuris vulgaris)
Family: Plantains (Plantaginaceae)
Category: Flowering Plants
Location: SE
A. Flowering Plants
More extensive information on flowering plants can be found in a separate blog post.
B. Plantains (Plantaginaceae)
Many members have flat leaves that seem to lay on the ground, hence the derivation of the name from the Latin ‘planta’, sole of the foot. The flowers are on long, leafless stalks. The best known plantain is the banana.
C. Marestail (Hippuris vulgaris)
This oxygenating aquatic plant is a native species whose stems are clad with whorls of linear, blue-green foliage. It is not related to the horsetail, a terrestrial relative of the ferns.
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Marestail
Marestail is an oxygenating aquatic plant, a native species whose stems are clad with whorls of linear, blue-green foliage.
Marestail
Marestail is not related to the Field Horsetail, a terrestrial relative of the ferns.
