Potamogeton obtusifolius |
Potamogeton subsibiricus |
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blunt-leaf pondweed, potamot à feuilles obtuses |
potamot de l'ilenissei, Yenisei River pondweed, Yenissei River pondweed |
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Cauline stems | slightly compressed, without spots, 35–90 cm; glands yellow-green to gold, 0.2–1 mm diam. |
compressed-filiform, without spots, to 50 cm; glands white, 0.3–0.5 mm diam. |
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. |
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 | 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, 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. |
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, axillary, erect, cylindric, 1.7–3.5 cm; spikes not dimorphic, cylindric, 10–30 mm. |
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, 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) | absent. |
absent. |
2n | = 26. |
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Potamogeton obtusifolius |
Potamogeton subsibiricus |
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Phenology | Flowering and fruiting summer–fall. | Fruiting early summer–late summer. |
Habitat | Medium- to low-alkaline waters of lakes and slow-flowing streams | Shallow water of ponds and lakes |
Elevation | 50–2000 m (200–6600 ft) | 0–915 m (0–3000 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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AK; MB; NT; NU; ON; QC; YT; Siberia |
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.) |
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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 | Mertens & W. D. J. Koch: in J. C. Röhling et al., Deutschl. Fl., ed. 3 1: 855. (1823) | Hagström: Kongl. Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar n.s. 44:555(5):84. (1916) |
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