|
Photographer: from USDA Plants website
|
Family Potamogetonaceae
Potamogeton pusillus L.
slender pondweed, small pondweed
Potamogeton: from Greek potamos, "a river," and geiton, "a neighbor," because of the habitat
pusillus: very small
|
|
| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | perennial, submersed aquatic, slender flower stalk; stems slender to 5' long branching often at ends; slight rhizomes |
| Flower: | green-brown, small, Many winter buds which have tightly rolled inner leaves; inflorescence spike of 1-4 whorls |
| Fruit: | oval, plump, dry seed with a smooth back and a short beak |
| Leaf: | alternate, entire, with prominent midvein; stemless, linear with pair of glands where meet the stem; 3 veins; blunt point; none floating |
| Habitat: | water from shallow to 10' deep |
| Notes: | stipules membrane-like disintegrating through season. Tolerates turbid water. |
| (Glossary) |
|
