Granite Pool Sprite

The endangered granite pool sprite (Amphianthus pusillus) lives in shallow pools formed in granite outcroppings in the southeastern United States.

Granite pool sprite, an aquatic plant with rounded floating leaves and small white flowers, growing in shallow water.
Photograph by W. Mike Howell

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Endangered and Threatened Plants of Alabama

Endangered and Threatened Plants of Alabama

Granite pool sprite, an aquatic plant with rounded floating leaves and small white flowers, growing in shallow water.

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