Eight-stamened Waterwort | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Elatinaceae |
Genus: | Elatine |
Species: | E. hydropiper |
Binomial name | |
Elatine hydropiper |
Elatine hydropiper, known as the eight-stamened waterwort, [1] [2] is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Elatinaceae. [3]
Its native range is Europe to Russian Far East. [3]
It was first described by Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus in 1753. [3] [4]