Potamogeton alpinus |
Potamogeton praelongus |
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northern pondweed, reddish pondweed |
white-stalked pondweed, white-stemmed pondweed |
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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. |
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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. |
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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 |
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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. |
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 | ||
Synonyms | Potamogeton alpinus ssp. tenuifolius, Potamogeton alpinus var. subellipticus, Potamogeton alpinus var. tenuifolius | |
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