Chara virgata Kütz is a plant in the Characeae family, order Charales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Chara virgata Kütz

Chara virgata Kütz

Chara virgata Kütz is a unique-structured dark green alga that grows up to 30 cm long.

Family
Characeae
Genus
Chara
Order
Charales
Class
Charophyceae

About Chara virgata Kütz

Chara virgata Kütz is a species of alga. Individuals of this species grow up to 30 centimeters in length, and have a unique structural form not seen in other algae. It has a main axis made of elongated nodes, from which whorled lateral branches grow. This alga is dark green in color.

Photo: (c) Christian Fischer, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · cc-by-sa

Taxonomy

Plantae › Charophyta › Charophyceae › Charales › Characeae › Chara

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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