Alisma Plantago-aquatica - Water Plantain Botanical Illustration #1198875 (License: Personal Use)

This precise black-and-white botanical illustration depicts Alisma plantago-aquatica, commonly known as water plantain, featuring its distinctive basal rosette of lanceolate leaves, elongated flowering stalks, and compound umbel inflorescences bearing small, three-petaled flowers. A magnified cross-section of a single flower reveals the stamens, carpels, and perianth arrangement, essential for taxonomic identification. The roots are shown as fibrous and slightly rhizomatous, typical of this emergent aquatic species.

Used in botanical field guides, academic resources, and plant identification websites; serves users seeking accurate morphological details for wetland flora studies, taxonomy, or ecological surveys.