Potamogeton alpinus |
Potamogeton amplifolius |
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northern pondweed, reddish pondweed |
broad-leaved pondweed, large-leaved pondweed |
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Stems | terete; to 200 cm; nodal glands absent. |
terete, 6–110 cm; nodal glands absent. |
Leaves | submersed and floating or submersed only. |
submersed and floating or rarely submersed only. |
Floating leaves | elliptic or oblanceolate to obovate or oblonglinear, 40–70(100) × 10–25(40)mm; reddish green; base gradually tapering to petiole; tip obtuse or acute; veins (7)9–13(15); petioles 0–12 mm. |
lanceolate to round elliptic, 43–92 × 25–38 mm, light green; base rounded to cordate; tip acute to rounded; veins 27–49; petioles 23–226 mm. |
Submersed leaves | sessile, attached to stem nodes, not attached to stipules; stipules (12)15–25(40)mm; tip blunt; blades oblong-linear to linear-lanceolate, 45–180(250) × 5–20 mm; base rounded to cuneate; margins entire; tip obtuse or acute; lacunae in 0–6 rows on each side of midvein; veins 7–9. |
petiolate, attached to stem nodes, not attached to stipules; stipules 15–117 mm; tip acute; blades ovate to oblanceolate, distinctly falcate, 50–125 × 15– 58 mm; base rounded to acute; margins entire and recurved; wavy; tip acute to round-apiculate; veins 19–49; petioles terete, 0.9–11.5 cm. |
Inflorescences | emersed; spikes cylindric, 10–35 mm; peduncles terminal or axillary; erect, 30– 100(160)mm. |
emersed; spikes cylindric, 34–65 mm; peduncles terminal or axillary; erect, cylindric, 45–223 mm. |
Fruits | pedicellate, obovoid; turgid; (2.5)3–3.5 × (1.7)2–2.4 mm, dorsally keeled, laterally keeled or not; beaks dorsally curved, 0.5–0.9 mm. |
sessile, obovoid; turgid, 5–6.7 × 4.5–5.2 mm; reddish brown, dorsally keeled, laterally ridged; beaks erect, 0.5–0.8 mm. |
Potamogeton alpinus |
Potamogeton amplifolius |
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Distribution | ||
Discussion | Ponds, lakes, and slow-moving streams. 1200–2200m. BR, BW, Casc. CA, ID, NV, WA; north to British Columbia, east to Greenland; Eurasia. Native. Potamogeton alpinus is often red when fresh. This species hybridizes with P. nodosus, P. gramineus, and P. praelongus. |
Lakes, ponds, streams. 0–2100m. BR, BW, Casc, CR, ECas, Est, WV. CA, ID, WA; north to British Columbia, east to Newfoundland. Native. Potamogeton amplifolius has large submersed leaves that are folded and falcate and have numerous veins. This species hybridizes with P. illinoensis. |
Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 1, page 496 Nick Otting, Richard Brainerd, Barbara Wilson |
Flora of Oregon, volume 1, page 496 Nick Otting, Richard Brainerd, Barbara Wilson |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Potamogeton alpinus ssp. tenuifolius, Potamogeton alpinus var. subellipticus, Potamogeton alpinus var. tenuifolius | |
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