Potamogeton alpinus |
Potamogeton epihydrus |
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northern pondweed, reddish pondweed |
ribbon-leaf pondweed, ribbon-leaved pondweed |
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Stems | terete; to 200 cm; nodal glands absent. |
flattened, 10–90 cm; nodal glands absent. |
Leaves | submersed and floating or submersed only. |
submersed and floating or 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. |
narrowly oblanceolate to elliptic, 20–80 × 4–20 mm; base acute; tip rounded or bluntly cuspidate; veins 11–41; petioles 20–125 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. |
sessile, attached to stem nodes, not attached to stipules; stipules 10–30 mm; tip obtuse; blades linear, 50–220 × 1–10 mm; margins entire; tip blunt to acute; lacunae forming a prominent band along the midvein; veins 3–13. |
Inflorescences | emersed; spikes cylindric, 10–35 mm; peduncles terminal or axillary; erect, 30– 100(160)mm. |
emersed; spikes cylindric, 8–40 mm; peduncles axillary; erect, 15–50(160)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; round to obovoid, flattened, dorsally and laterally keeled, 2.5–4.5 × 2–3.6 mm; greenish brown; beaks erect, 0.5 mm. |
Potamogeton alpinus |
Potamogeton epihydrus |
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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. |
Still or flowing waters of lakes, ponds and streams. 0–2000m. All ecoregions except Col. CA, ID, WA; north to AK, east to Newfoundland, southeast to FL; Europe. Native. Potamogeton epihydrus is distinguished by submersed linear leaves with a prominent band of lacunae along the midvein. This species hybridizes with P. gramineus and P. nodosus. |
Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 1, page 496 Nick Otting, Richard Brainerd, Barbara Wilson |
Flora of Oregon, volume 1, page 497 Nick Otting, Richard Brainerd, Barbara Wilson |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Potamogeton alpinus ssp. tenuifolius, Potamogeton alpinus var. subellipticus, Potamogeton alpinus var. tenuifolius | Potamogeton epihydrus ssp. nuttallii, Potamogeton epihydrus var. epihydrus, Potamogeton epihydrus var. nuttallii |
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