Alisma plantago-aquatica L.

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Family: ALISMATACEAE

Genus: Alisma

Catalan common name: Orella de llebre. Plantatge d'aigua.

Spanish common name: Llantén de agua.

Province distribution: Balearic Islands. València.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Some regions

Uses and properties: Medicinal.

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Hydrophyte.

Habitats: Non-saline wetlands (intermittent watercourses, streams, artesian wells, ditches). Torrent sides.

Characteristics: An aquatic plant that can reach a meter tall lives in the sediment along ponds and torrents with its leaves and inflorescences emerging above the surface. The leaves have a large petiole and an ample leaf blade, up to 30 cm long, with a rounded base. The inflorescences are branched at the upper portions where the flowers are formed, which are of a very clear rose in colour. Flowers at the end of spring and during summer.