Potamogeton alpinus |
Potamogeton foliosus |
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alpine pondweed, northern pondweed, potamot alpin, reddish pondweed |
closed-leaf pondweed, leafy pondweed |
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Cauline stems | terete, without spots, to 200 cm; nodal glands absent. |
slightly compressed, without spots, 4–75 cm; glands rarely present, black to gold, to 0.5 mm diam. |
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Turions | absent. |
uncommon, lateral or terminal, 0.9–2.5 cm × 0.6–2 mm, soft; outer leaves 1–3 per side, base not corrugate, apex acute to apiculate; inner leaves rolled into hardened fusiform structure. |
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Leaves | submersed and floating or floating absent, ± spirally arranged. |
submersed, ± spirally arranged, sessile, delicate; stipules persistent, inconspicuous, convolute, free from blade, greenish to brown or rarely white, not ligulate, 0.2–2.2 cm, delicate to fibrous, rarely shredding at tip, apex obtuse; blade pale green to olive-green, rarely somewhat reddish, linear, not arcuate, 1.3–8.2 cm × 0.3–2.3 mm, base slightly tapering, without basal lobes, not clasping, margins entire, not crispate, apex not hoodlike, acute to apiculate, rarely with bristle, lacunae rarely present, 0–2 rows each side of midrib; veins 1–3(–5). |
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Floating leaves | petioles continuous in color to apex, 0.1–1.2 cm; blade reddish green, elliptic or oblanceolate to obovate or oblong-linear, 4–7(–10) cm × 10–25(–40) mm, base gradually tapering into petiole, apex obtuse or acute; veins (7–)9–13(–15). |
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Submersed leaves | sessile, lax; stipules persistent, inconspicuous, convolute, free from blade, light brown to reddish, not ligulate, (1.2–)1.5–2.5(–4) cm, not fibrous, not shredding at tip, apex blunt; blade reddish green, oblong-linear to linear-lanceolate, not arcuate, 4.5–18(–25) cm × 5–20 mm, base rounded, without basal lobes, slightly clasping, margins entire, not crispate, apex not hoodlike, obtuse or acute, lacunae in 0–6 rows each side of midvein; veins 7–9. |
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Inflorescences | unbranched, emersed; peduncles not dimorphic, terminal or axillary, erect, cylindric, 3–10(–16) cm; spikes not dimorphic, cylindric, 10–35 mm. |
unbranched, emersed; peduncles not dimorphic, in axils of proximal, rarely distal leaves, recurved, clavate, 0.3–1.1(–3.7) cm; spikes not dimorphic, capitate to cylindric, 1.5–7 mm. |
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Fruits | pedicellate, tawny olive-green, obovoid, plump, turgid, abaxially keeled, laterally keeled or not, (2.5–)3–3.5 × (1.7–)2–2.4 mm, lateral keels when present without points; beak abaxially curved, 0.5–0.9 mm; sides without basal tubercles; embryo with 1 full spiral. |
pale green to olive-green or brown, obovate to nearly orbicular, turgid to concave, sessile, abaxially keeled, not laterally keeled, 1.4–2.7 × 1.1–2.2 mm, abaxial keel undulate, winglike; beak erect, 0.2–0.6 mm; sides without basal tubercles; embryo with 1 full spiral. |
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Rhizome(s) | present. |
absent. |
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2n | = 52. |
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Potamogeton alpinus |
Potamogeton foliosus |
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Phenology | Flowering early summer–fall. | |||||
Habitat | Ponds, lakes, and slow-moving streams | |||||
Elevation | 400–2500 m (1300–8200 ft) | |||||
Distribution |
AK; CA; CO; ID; MA; ME; MI; MN; MT; NH; NJ; NV; NY; OR; PA; SD; UT; VT; WA; WI; WY; AB; BC; MB; NB; NL; NS; NT; NU; ON; PE; QC; SK; YT; Greenland; Europe; Asia Eurasia
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AK; AL; AR; AZ; CA; CO; CT; DC; DE; FL; GA; IA; ID; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MO; MS; MT; NC; ND; NE; NH; NJ; NM; NV; NY; OH; OK; OR; PA; RI; SC; SD; TN; TX; UT; VA; VT; WA; WI; WV; WY; AB; BC; MB; NB; NS; NT; ON; PE; QC; SK; YT; Central America
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Discussion | Plants of Potamogeton alpinus often are red whenever taken from the water, a feature that makes this species quite distinctive. Two varieties, Potamogeton alpinus var. tenuifolius and var. subellipticus, have been recognized in North America, based mainly on submersed leaf shape. Plants bearing both leaf types have been observed in the same population; hence the varieties are not recognized. Four hybrids, Potamogeton alpinus × P. nodosus (= P. ×subobtusus Hagström), P. alpinus × P. gramineus (= P. xnericius Hagström), P. alpinus × P. praelongus (= P. ×griffithii A. Bennett), and P. alpinus × P. perfoliatus (= P. ×prussicus Hagström), have been described. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Subspecies 2 (2 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 22. | FNA vol. 22. | ||||
Parent taxa | Potamogetonaceae > Potamogeton | Potamogetonaceae > Potamogeton | ||||
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Synonyms | P. alpinus subsp. tenuifolius, P. alpinus var. subellipticus, P. alpinus var. tenuifolius, P. tenuifolius, P. tenuifolius var. subellipticus | |||||
Name authority | Balbis: Misc. Bot. 13. (1804) | Rafinesque: Medical Repository hexade 2, 5:354. (1808) | ||||
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