Chara hispida

Chara hispida, the bristly stonewort, is a green alga species in the genus Chara. With 30 to 200 cm height and a stem diameter of 2–3 mm Chara hispida is one of the biggest Chara species in Europe.[1]

Chara hispida often forms patches without other species

Chara hispida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Viridiplantae
(unranked): Charophyta
Class: Charophyceae
Order: Charales
Family: Characeae
Genus: Chara
Species:
C. hispida
Binomial name
Chara hispida
L., 1753

References
  1. Werner Krause, Hanuš Ettl, Georg Gärtner, H. Heynig, D. Mollenhauer: Süsswasserflora von Mitteleuropa. Band 18: Charales (Charophyceae). – Gustav Fischer Verlag, 1997. ISBN 3-437-25056-6
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