Potamogeton nodosus |
Potamogeton groenlandicus |
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loddon's pondweed, long-leaf pondweed, pondweed, potamot noeuex |
Greenland pondweed |
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Rhizomes | present. |
absent. |
Cauline stems | terete, without spots, to 100 cm; nodal glands absent. |
terete, without spots, 20–50 cm; glands white, 0.1–0.7 mm diam. |
Turions | absent. |
terminal or axillary, common, 4.2–8.4 cm × 1.4–2.5 mm, soft; leaves ± 4-ranked; outer leaves 2 per side, base without corrugations, apex acute to apiculate; inner leaves unmodified. |
Leaves | both submersed and floating, or floating absent, ± spirally arranged. |
submersed, ± spirally arranged, sessile, delicate; stipules deliquescent to persistent, inconspicuous, convolute, free from blade, brown, not ligulate, 0.45–1.91 cm, not fibrous, not shredding at tip, apex obtuse; blade pale to deep green, linear, not arcuate, 2.6–8.8 cm × 0.7–1.7 mm, base slightly tapering, without basal lobes, not clasping, margins entire, not crispate, apex not hoodlike, acute to apiculate, lacunae absent or present, 0–3 rows each side of midrib; veins 7–11. |
Floating leaves | petioles 3.5–26 cm; blade adaxially light green, lenticular to elliptic, 3–11 cm × 15–45 mm, base cuneate to rounded, apex acute to rounded; veins 9–21. |
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Submersed leaves | petiolate, lax; stipules persistent to deliquescent, conspicuous, convolute, free from blade, light brown, not ligulate, 3–9 cm, not fibrous, not shredding at tip, apex round to acute; petioles 2–13 cm; blade light to dark green, linear-lanceolate to lance-elliptic, not arcuate, 9–20 cm × 10–35 mm, base acute, without basal lobes, not clasping, margins entire, not crispate, apex not hoodlike, acute, without sharp awl-like tip, lacunae in 2–5 rows each side of midrib; veins 7–15. |
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Inflorescences | unbranched, emersed; peduncles not dimorphic, terminal, erect to ascending, cylindric, 3–15 cm; spikes not dimorphic, cylindric, 20–70 mm. |
unbranched, emersed; peduncles not dimorphic, terminal, erect, cylindric, 20 mm; spikes not dimorphic, cylindric, 5 mm. |
Fruits | sessile, red to reddish brown, obovoid, abaxially keeled, laterally ridged, 2.7–4.3 × 2.5–3 mm, keel well developed, lateral ridges with blunt to sharp tips; beak erect; sides without basal tubercles; embryo with 1 full spiral. |
not laterally keeled, 2.6–2.7 × 2 mm; beak erect, 0.3 mm; sides without basal tubercles; embryo with 1 full coil. |
2n | = 52. |
= 26. |
Potamogeton nodosus |
Potamogeton groenlandicus |
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Phenology | Flowering summer–fall. | Flowering late summer. |
Habitat | Clear to turbid waters of lakes, streams, rivers, and sloughs | Ponds and lakes |
Elevation | 0–3300 m (0–10800 ft) | 10–450 m (0–1500 ft) |
Distribution |
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; NB; ON; QC; SK; Mexico; Central America; South America; West Indies; Eurasia
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Greenland |
Discussion | Six hybrids, Potamogeton gramineus × P. nodosus (= P. × argutulus Hagström), P. illinoensis × P. nodosus (= P. × faxonii Morong), P. nodosus × P. richardsonii (= P. × rectifolius A. Bennett), P. natans × P. nodosus (= P. × schreberi Fischer [P. × perplexus A. Bennett]), P. alpinus × P. nodosus (= P. × subotusus Hagström), and P. epihydrus × P. nodosus (= P. × subsessilis Hagström), have been described. Potamogeton nodosus is a common floating-leaved species throughout much of the United States and southern Canada. When both submersed and floating leaves are present, it is very easily recognized by the petioles of the submersed leaves being longer than 5 cm. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Of conservation concern. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 22. | FNA vol. 22. |
Parent taxa | Potamogetonaceae > Potamogeton | Potamogetonaceae > Potamogeton |
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Synonyms | P. pusillus subsp. groenlandicus | |
Name authority | Poiret: in J. Lamarck et al., Encyclopedie Methodique. Botanique... Supplement 4(2): 5354. (1816) | Hagström: Kongl. Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar n.s. 55(5): 127. (1916) |
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