Small Pondweed
Small pondweed is a common name for several plants and may refer to: *''Potamogeton berchtoldii ''Potamogeton berchtoldii'', common name small pondweed is an aquatic plant. Description Small pondweed is a fine-leaved pondweeds with a bushy habit. It lacks a perennial rhizome and the plants die back in winter into a large number of resting ...'' *'' Potamogeton pusillus'' {{Short pages monitor ...
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Potamogeton Berchtoldii
''Potamogeton berchtoldii'', common name small pondweed is an aquatic plant. Description Small pondweed is a fine-leaved pondweeds with a bushy habit. It lacks a perennial rhizome and the plants die back in winter into a large number of resting buds known as turions. The stems are very slender and do not usually exceed 60 cm. The leaves are flat, usually 25–50 mm long, and less than 2 mm wide, usually with a broad band of lacunae along each side of the midrib and coloured pale green, olive green or brownish green. The open stipules and shining nodal glands can be important characters in identification. Small pondweed is similar to several other ''Potamogeton'' species, especially ''P. pusillus'', and use of a good key such as Preston (1995) is strongly recommended. It could also be confused with ''P. trichoides'' and ''P. obtusifolius''. Taxonomy Small pondweed was first named by the German botanist Franz Xaver Fieber in 1838. It is named after the 19th ce ...
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