Elatine rubella Calflora

Calflora, a 501c3 non-profit

Taxon Report

Elatine rubella Rydb.

Southwestern waterwort

2008 Steve Matson

2008 Steve Matson

2004 Carol W. Witham

Elatine rubella is an annual herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in North America and beyond.


	Plant Range Observation Search (86 records) Plant Characteristics

Bloom Period

Photos on Calflora


Genus:	Elatine
Family:	Elatinaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Wetlands: Occurs in wetlands

Communities: wetland-riparian

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Elatine triandra

Information about Elatine rubella from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (ELRU) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
photos / record / common / links

Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2023. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 11/28/2023).