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Najas gaudalupensis - (image 1 of 3)

Taxonomy

Family: Najadaceae

Habitat

Ponds and slow streams. Often in calcareous waters.

Associates

 Distribution

Morphology

Herbaceous aquatic. Leaves opposite, flaccid, entire or at least not conspicuously toothed, obtuse to merely acute, the larger ones more than 0.7 mm wide. The style with stigmas up to 0.6 mm long. Seeds pitted, often purple-tinged, to 2.5 mm long.

Notes

Flowers early to late September

Wetland indicator: Obligate

Bibliography

Swink, F. and G. Wilhelm. 1994. Plants of the Chicago Region.
Indiana Academy of Science. The Morton Arboretum. Lisle, Illinois.
 

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