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Photographer: Paul Skawinski
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Family Najadaceae
Najas minor All.
bitter water-nymph
Najas: from Greek Naias, a water nymph
minor: smaller, lesser (see major)
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| Status: | Introduced - adventive; potentially invasive |
| Plant: | submerged annual, aquatic; stems with many branches near the top, without prickles |
| Flower: | 1-2 per axil; both staminate and pistillate on the same plant |
| Leaf: | stiffening and curving with time; edges with 7-15 teeth per side |
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