Damasonium alisma
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Damasonium alisma is a species of flowering marsh plant known by the common name of starfruit. It is native to the British Isles
British Isles
The British Isles are a group of islands off the northwest coast of continental Europe that include the islands of Great Britain and Ireland and over six thousand smaller isles. There are two sovereign states located on the islands: the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and...

 and was commonly found in south and central England. Numbers have declined as a result of the loss of pond habitat
Habitat
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s. It was not recorded in the wild in 2006 and is classified as endangered
Endangered species
An endangered species is a population of organisms which is at risk of becoming extinct because it is either few in numbers, or threatened by changing environmental or predation parameters...

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