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Nitellopsis obtusa
About
Nitellopsis obtusa is a large freshwater alga. It is also known by the common name starry stonewort. This alga grows to a length of over 1.5 metres, is bright translucent green and has branches growing in whorls from the main axis. It is easily distinguished from other charophytes by star-shaped bulbils which permit vegetative reproduction.
- Family
- Characeae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Nitellopsis obtusa
- Slug
- nitellopsis-obtusa
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Characeae
- Genus
- Nitellopsis
- Species
- obtusa
- Wikidata QID
- Q2345622
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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