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| Aquatic plants with submersed leaves. Flowers either solitary or in umbels. Flowers 3 sepals, often green, and 3 petals. Fruit berry-like. | |
| Flora of North America: Discussion, key to genera (opens new window) | |
| Flower Formula: Sepals 3; Petals 3 | Glossary |
| Genus  (Click for Taxon List) |
WI Taxa (map link) |
Photo | Genus Traits | Google Searches |
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| Egeria
water-weed |
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5 leaves in a whorl and with no prickles along mid-vein. | Images Information |
| Elodea
water-weed |
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2-4 (--7) leaves in a whorl or opposite along stem and with no prickles along mid-vein. | Images Information |
| Hydrilla
Hydrilla |
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Leaves with prickles along the mid-vein. | Images Information |
| Vallisneria
eelgrass, tape-grass |
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Leaves basal and with no prickles along mid-vein. | Images Information |