Floating pondweed

Floating pondweed
Floating pondweed
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Potamogeton tricarinatus

Long creeping aquatic to nearly 4 m long with emergent floating leaves. Thick leathery emergent leaves on long stalks are oval-shaped with 14 prominent veins. Transparent thin submerged leaves with wavy margins are narrower than the floating leaves. Flowers are brownish in dense spikes to 5 cm long.

Details
Flora Type
Aquatics
Distinctive Features

Pondweeds have two forms of leaves _ emergent floating leaves and submerged leaves. Both types of leaves for this species are dissimilar.
Native Status
Native
Flowering Time

Sep-Apr
Taxonomy
Phylum
Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants)
Class
Equisetopsida
Order
Alismatales
Family
Potamogetonaceae
Genus
Potamogeton
Species
tricarinatus

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

Interesting Facts
Similar Species

Much variation within this complex.
Native Status
Native