Bacopa rotundifolia

Disk waterhyssop

Family: Plantaginaceae · Type: perennial · Not Native

Disk waterhyssop is a naturalized perennial found in the Great Valley and Modoc Plateau, specifically in Fall River Valley, Shasta County, growing in muddy places, shallow water, and wet soil at elevations below 100 meters. Flowering from May to August, this plant produces white flowers with yellow throats, approximately 5 to 8 millimeters long. Growing with succulent stems that root easily in wet environments, the plant reaches a low-spreading habit. Its leaves are nearly round, 12 to 36 millimeters long, with more than six distinct palmate veins creating a distinctive pattern. The plant has tiny anthers and outer sepals that are ovate to round, measuring 3.1 to 5.3 millimeters in length.

Habitat: Muddy places, in wet soil or rooted and floating in shallow water

Bloom period: May-Aug

Elevation: < 100 m (< 1100 m in MP)

Bioregions: GV, MP (Fall River Valley, Shasta Co.)

California counties: Stanislaus, Fresno, Butte, Sutter, Shasta, Glenn, Merced, Yolo, Sacramento, Yuba

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