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Narrow-leaved Water-plantain, Alisma lanceolatum, Corrchopóg chaol
Photographs: Co. Cork

Narrow-leaved Water-plantain
Alisma lanceolatum
Corrchopóg chaol
Family: Alismataceae

Flowering time: June-August. Semi-aquatic perennial. Native.

Pale-mauve to whitish flowers with 3 petals and sepals, a yellow blotch at the base of petals and many yellow anthers. Flowers usually open in the morning. The fruit is widest near middle. Narrow elliptical-lanceolate leaves with tapered bases. Height 40-75cm

Occasional on exposed mud or in shallow slow-moving water.

Similar: Common Water-plantain, A. plantago-aquatica. Frequent. Wider leaves with cordate bases, flowers usually open in the afternoon

Narrow-leaved Water-plantain, Alisma lanceolatum, Corrchopóg chaol
Narrow-leaved Water-plantain, Alisma lanceolatum, Corrchopóg chaol

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