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Callitriche peploides Nutt.
Matted waterstarwort

Family: Callitrichaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Annual

Native Range: Southeastern United States.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Critically Imperiled

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

South Florida History and Distribution: Ranked as possibly extirpated in Rare Plants of South Florida (Gann et al. 2002; pp 128-129) based on several collections between 1877 and 1977 in Miami-Dade and Lee Counties. Rediscovered at Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary between 2015 and 2017 in Collier County (Wilder and McCollom 2018).

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Not Cultivated

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Other data on Callitriche peploides available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Callitriche peploides has been found in the following conservation area :
Occurrence Native Status
Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary Present Native

Callitriche peploides has been found in the following 2 counties :
Occurrence Native Status
Lee County Possibly Extirpated Possibly Extirpated
Miami-Dade County Presumed Extirpated Presumed Extirpated

Callitriche peploides has been found in the following habitat :
Blackwater Stream