Potamogeton obtusifolius |
Potamogeton perfoliatus |
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blunt-leaf pondweed, potamot à feuilles obtuses |
clasping-leaf pondweed, potamot perfolié |
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Rhizomes | absent. |
present. |
Cauline stems | slightly compressed, without spots, 35–90 cm; glands yellow-green to gold, 0.2–1 mm diam. |
terete, without spots, to 250 cm; nodal glands absent. |
Turions | terminal, abundant, 3.5–7.8 cm × 2.3–5.1 mm, soft; leaves ± 2-ranked; outer leaves 3–4 per side, base not corrugate, apex apiculate to obtuse; inner leaves undifferentiated. |
absent. |
Leaves | submersed, ± spirally arranged, sessile, flaccid; stipules persistent, inconspicuous, convolute, free from blade, white, not ligulate, 0.6–1.8 cm, fibrous, rarely shredding at tip, apex obtuse; blade light green to somewhat reddish, linear, not arcuate, 3–8.2 cm × 1–3.5 mm, base slightly tapering, without basal lobes, not clasping, margins entire, not crispate, apex not hoodlike, obtuse or round-apiculate, lacunae in 1–3 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, erect, rarely recurved, cylindric, 0.8–1.9(–4.2) cm; spike not dimorphic, cylindric, 8–13 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 | sessile, olive-green to brown, obovoid, turgid, abaxially keeled or not, laterally keeled or not, 2.5–3.6 × 1.7–2.4 mm, lateral keels when present without points; beak erect, 0.8–1 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. |
2n | = 26. |
= 52. |
Potamogeton obtusifolius |
Potamogeton perfoliatus |
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Phenology | Flowering and fruiting summer–fall. | Flowering summer–fall. |
Habitat | Medium- to low-alkaline waters of lakes and slow-flowing streams | Waters, often brackish, of lakes, streams, rivers, and bays |
Elevation | 50–2000 m (200–6600 ft) | 0–100 m (0–300 ft) |
Distribution |
AK; CT; ID; MA; ME; MI; MN; MT; NH; NJ; NY; PA; RI; VT; WA; WI; WY; AB; BC; MB; NB; NB; NF; NS; NT; ON; PE; QC; SK; YT; Eurasia
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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 obtusifolius is a distinctive linear-leaved species with the leaf blades round at the apex, especially when fruiting inflorescences 5–7 mm wide are present. This is unusually wide for one of the linear-leaved species. Two hybrids, Potamogeton obtusifolius × P. pusillus (= P. × saxonicus Hagström) and P. friesii × obtusifolius (= P. × semifructus A. Bennett ex Ascherson & Graebner), have been described. (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 | ||
Name authority | Mertens & W. D. J. Koch: in J. C. Röhling et al., Deutschl. Fl., ed. 3 1: 855. (1823) | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 126. 1753 (as perfoliatum) |
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