About Triglochin scilloides (Poir.) Mering & Kadereit
Triglochin scilloides is an annual herb that grows in or directly adjacent to water across various types of shallow aquatic habitats, such as vernal pools, mudflats, and ditches. This plant forms a tuft of basal leaves growing from a very short stem. Each leaf is onion-like in shape, very narrow, long, and pointed, reaching between 25 and 40 centimeters in length. The base of each leaf is wrapped in a translucent sheath. Its inflorescences hold clusters of staminate and bisexual flowers at the tip of a narrow stalk, while pistillate flowers develop in underwater axils. Each pistillate flower has a threadlike style that can grow up to 30 centimeters long, tipped with a stigma that floats on the water surface. The fruit of Triglochin scilloides is a beaked, ribbed nutlet that reaches up to 1 centimeter in length.
