| Chara vulgaris | |
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| Chara vulgaris | |
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| Watercolour micrograph | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Clade: | Viridiplantae |
| (unranked): | Charophyta |
| Class: | Charophyceae |
| Order: | Charales |
| Family: | Characeae |
| Genus: | Chara |
| Species: | C. vulgaris |
| Binomial name | |
| Chara vulgaris L., 1753 | |
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Chara vulgaris, the common stonewort, [1] is a green alga species in the genus Chara. C. vulgaris has spikes between its bark cells in contrast to the similar C. contraria .
