| Potamogeton perfoliatus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Potamogetonaceae |
| Genus: | Potamogeton |
| Species: | P. perfoliatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Potamogeton perfoliatus L. |
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Potamogeton perfoliatus L. (Clasping-leaf Pondweed, Perfoliate Pondweed) is an aquatic species in the genus Potamogeton occurring in both quiet and flowing freshwater or brackish-water habitats in Central and North America, Eurasia, Africa and Australia.
The leaves are all submerged, oval, translucent, with no stalk, up to 8cm long.
Fruits are 4mm across, olive green in colour.
Flowers June to September.[1]
P. perfoliatus has been recorded from one site in the Eglinton Canal in Galway, Ireland.[2]