Potamogeton perfoliatus
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| Potamogeton perfoliatus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Potamogetonaceae |
| Genus: | Potamogeton |
| Species: | P. perfoliatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Potamogeton perfoliatus L. | |
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.
Description
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]
Distribution
Potamogeton perfoliatus is widespread in rivers in the British Isles. <BSBI Atlas of the Britisn Flora>[citation needed] P. perfoliatus has been recorded from one site in the Eglinton Canal in Galway, Ireland.[2]
References
- ↑ Rose, Francis (2006). The Wild Flower Key. Frederick Warne & Co. pp. 491–492. ISBN 978-0-7232-5175-0.
- ↑ Pybus, C. and O'Halloran, P. 2009. Distribution of some submerged aquatic macrophytes in the Eglintn Canal, Galway. Ir. Nat. J. 30: 51 - 53
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