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northern pondweed, reddish pondweed

white-stalked pondweed, white-stemmed pondweed

Stems

terete; to 200 cm; nodal glands absent.

terete; to 210 cm; nodal glands absent.

Leaves

submersed and floating or submersed only.

submersed, sessile, attached at stem nodes, not attached to stipules;

stipules 30– 81 mm, fibrous, shredding at tip;

blades linear-lanceolate, 50–200 × 10–30 mm;

base clasping but without basal lobes, rarely wavy;

tip obtuse;

veins 11–33.

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.

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.

Inflorescences

emersed;

spikes cylindric, 10–35 mm;

peduncles terminal or axillary; erect, 30– 100(160)mm.

emersed;

spikes cylindric, 34–75 mm;

peduncles terminal or axillary; erect to spreading, 10–30 cm.

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, 4–5.7 × 3.2–4 mm; greenish brown, dorsally keeled, occasionally laterally keeled;

beaks erect, 0.6–1 mm.

Potamogeton alpinus

Potamogeton praelongus

Distribution
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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.

Neutral to alkaline waters of lakes and streams. 0–1900m. BW, Est. CA, ID; north to British Columbia, east to Newfoundland, south to Mexico; Eurasia. Native.

This species hybridizes with P. alpinus, P. crispus and P. gramineus.

Source Flora of Oregon, volume 1, page 496
Nick Otting, Richard Brainerd, Barbara Wilson
Flora of Oregon, volume 1, page 499
Nick Otting, Richard Brainerd, Barbara Wilson
Sibling taxa
P. amplifolius, P. berchtoldii, P. crispus, P. diversifolius, P. epihydrus, P. fibrillosus, P. foliosus, P. gramineus, P. illinoensis, P. natans, P. nodosus, P. praelongus, P. pusillus, P. richardsonii, P. robbinsii, P. zosteriformis
P. alpinus, P. amplifolius, P. berchtoldii, P. crispus, P. diversifolius, P. epihydrus, P. fibrillosus, P. foliosus, P. gramineus, P. illinoensis, P. natans, P. nodosus, P. pusillus, P. richardsonii, P. robbinsii, P. zosteriformis
Synonyms Potamogeton alpinus ssp. tenuifolius, Potamogeton alpinus var. subellipticus, Potamogeton alpinus var. tenuifolius
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