Potamogeton hillii |
Potamogeton perfoliatus |
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Hill's pondweed |
clasping-leaf pondweed, potamot perfolié |
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Rhizomes | absent. |
present. |
Cauline stems | slightly compressed, without spots, 30–60 cm; glands rare, when present, brown to green, 0.1–0.3 mm diam. |
terete, without spots, to 250 cm; nodal glands absent. |
Turions | terminal, rare, 2.8–3 cm × 1.5–3 mm, soft; leaves ± 2-ranked; outer leaves 3–4 per side, base not corrugate, apex acute to apiculate; inner leaves undifferentiated. |
absent. |
Leaves | submersed, ± spirally arranged, sessile, delicate; stipules persistent, inconspicuous, convolute, free from blade, white to light brown, not ligulate, 0.7–1.6 cm, slightly fibrous, rarely shredding at tip, apex obtuse; blade pale green to olive-green, linear, not arcuate, 2–6 cm × 0.6–2.5(–4) mm, base slightly tapering, without basal lobes, not clasping, margins entire, not crispate, apex not hoodlike, apiculate to bristle-tipped or rarely blunt, lacunae in 1–2 rows each side of midrib; veins 3. |
submersed, ± spirally arranged, sessile, lax; stipules deteriorating into fibers and deciduous, inconspicuous (absent on proximal portion of stem), convolute, free from blade, light brown to green, not ligulate, 3.5–6.5 cm, not fibrous, not shredding at apex; blade olive-green, broadly lanceolate, orbiculate, or ovate, not arcuate, 0.9–7.6(–9.7) cm × 7–40 mm, base rounded, without basal lobes, clasping, margins entire, often crispate, apex not hoodlike, not splitting when pressed, round, rarely acute; veins 3–25. |
Inflorescences | unbranched, emersed; peduncles not dimorphic, axillary and/or terminal, erect to ascending, rarely recurved, slightly clavate, 6–13.5 mm; spikes not dimorphic, globose, (2–) 4–7 mm. |
unbranched, emersed; peduncles not dimorphic, terminal or axillary, erect to rarely recurved, cylindric, 1–7.3 cm; spike not dimorphic, cylindric, 0.4–4.8 cm. |
Fruits | brown to light greenish brown, ovoid to orbicular, turgid, sessile, abaxially and laterally keeled (3-keeled), 2.3–4 × 2–3.2 mm, lateral keels without points; beak erect, 0.3–0.7 mm; sides without basal tubercles; embryo with 1 full spiral. |
sessile, greenish brown to olive-green, obovoid, turgid or rarely concave, not abaxially or laterally keeled, 1.6–3 × 1.3–2.2 mm; beak erect, 0.4–0.6 mm; sides without basal tubercles; embryo with 1 full spiral. |
Chromosome number | unknownnot available. |
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2n | = 52. |
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Potamogeton hillii |
Potamogeton perfoliatus |
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Phenology | Flowering and fruiting summer. | Flowering summer–fall. |
Habitat | Alkaline waters of marshes, ponds, lakes, and slow-moving streams | Waters, often brackish, of lakes, streams, rivers, and bays |
Elevation | 50–400 m (200–1300 ft) | 0–100 m (0–300 ft) |
Distribution |
CT; MA; MI; NY; OH; PA; VA; VT; WI; ON
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AL; CT; DC; DE; FL; LA; MA; MD; ME; NC; NH; NJ; NY; OH; PA; RI; VA; VT; NB; NL; NS; ON; PE; QC; SPM; Africa; Greenland; Eurasia; Central America (Guatemala); Australia
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Discussion | Potamogeton hillii is an easily recognized species either in fruit or when sterile. The leaf blade has a bristle tip and five or fewer veins. Those characters combined with the usual absence of nodal glands will separate this species from all other North American linear-leaved species. Ecologically, it is consistently found in more alkaline waters than any other North American pondweed. A study of 35 localities established the mean to be 124.1 mg/l CaCO3 (C. B. Hellquist 1984). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Four hybrids, Potamogeton perfoliatus × P. praelongus (= P. × cognatus Ascherson & Graebner), P. perfoliatus × P. pusillus (= P. × mysticus Morong), P. gramineus × P. perfoliatus (= P. × nitens Weber [P. × subnitens Hagström]), and P. alpinus × P. perfoliatus (= P. × prussicus Hagström), have been described. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 22. | FNA vol. 22. |
Parent taxa | Potamogetonaceae > Potamogeton | Potamogetonaceae > Potamogeton |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | P. porteri | |
Name authority | Morong: Botanical Gazette 6: 290, fig. 3. (1881) | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 126. 1753 (as perfoliatum) |
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