| Plants : Callitrichaceae | Ferns and Flowering Plants |
Description: A common freshwater species with elliptical floating leaves and linear submerged leaves which have a notch at the apex. It can be confused with Callitriche hamulata but differs in not having the well developed “bicycle spanner” apex to the submerged leaves. Like all Callitriche species it has tiny inconspicuous green flowers and fruits.
All names: Callitriche brutia Petagna; Callitriche pedunculata DC.; Callitriche intermedia ssp. pedunculata (DC.) Clapham
Distribution Map from NBN: Callitriche brutia at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.
iNaturalist: Callitriche brutia at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.
| Hackney, P., 2026. Callitriche brutia. Petagna. [In] Flora of Northern Ireland. https://habitas.org/flora/species.php?item=3623. Accessed on 2026-11-02. |