Potamogeton nodosus |
Potamogeton subsibiricus |
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loddon's pondweed, long-leaf pondweed, pondweed, potamot noeuex |
potamot de l'ilenissei, Yenisei River pondweed, Yenissei River pondweed |
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Cauline stems | terete, without spots, to 100 cm; nodal glands absent. |
compressed-filiform, without spots, to 50 cm; glands white, 0.3–0.5 mm diam. |
Turions | absent. |
lateral, common, 3.5–9.5 cm × 2–5 mm, soft; leaves ± 2-ranked; outer leaves 3–4 per side, base not corrugate; inner leaves undifferentiated. |
Leaves | both submersed and floating, or floating absent, ± spirally arranged. |
submersed, ± spirally arranged, sessile, flaccid; stipules deliquescent, inconspicuous, convolute, free from blade, pale brown, not ligulate, 1–2 cm, not fibrous, not shredding, apex obtuse; blade dark green, linear, not arcuate, 3.5–9.5 cm × 1.5–2 mm, base slightly tapering, without basal lobes, not clasping, margins entire, not crispate, apex not hoodlike, rounded or nearly acute to mucronate, lacunae in 1–2 rows each side of midvein; veins 9–17. |
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, axillary, erect, cylindric, 1.7–3.5 cm; spikes not dimorphic, cylindric, 10–30 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. |
sessile, reddish brown, oblong-obovoid, compressed, abaxially ridged, not laterally keeled, 3–4 × 1.5–2 mm; beak nearly erect, 0.3–0.5 mm; sides without basal tubercles; embryo with 1 full coil. |
Rhizome(s) | present. |
absent. |
2n | = 52. |
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Potamogeton nodosus |
Potamogeton subsibiricus |
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Phenology | Flowering summer–fall. | Fruiting early summer–late summer. |
Habitat | Clear to turbid waters of lakes, streams, rivers, and sloughs | Shallow water of ponds and lakes |
Elevation | 0–3300 m (0–10800 ft) | 0–915 m (0–3000 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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AK; MB; NT; NU; ON; QC; YT; Siberia |
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.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 22. | FNA vol. 22. |
Parent taxa | Potamogetonaceae > Potamogeton | Potamogetonaceae > Potamogeton |
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Synonyms | P. porsildiorum | |
Name authority | Poiret: in J. Lamarck et al., Encyclopedie Methodique. Botanique... Supplement 4(2): 5354. (1816) | Hagström: Kongl. Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar n.s. 44:555(5):84. (1916) |
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