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Photographer: Robert W. Freckmann
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Family Najadaceae
Najas flexilis (Willd.) Rostk. & W.L.E.Schmidt
nodding water-nymph, northern water-nymph, slender naiad
Najas: from Greek Naias, a water nymph
flexilis: flexible, pliant, limber
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | submerged annual, to 40" tall, monoecious aquatic, can be slender and trailing or dense and bushy; stems very long, many branches; slight rootstock |
| Flower: | tiny, from leaf axis |
| Fruit: | glossy, paper-thin walls, 30-50 rows of small pits |
| Leaf: | pale green, very narrow, to 2"L x 0.5"W, toothed edges, opposite, clasping stem, wide-sloped at base; |
| Habitat: | wet; clear 3' or more deep water; in sandy, gravelly soil |
| Notes: | occasionally leaves bunch together at leaf axils, very variable |
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