Potamogeton praelongus
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Potamogeton praelongus, commonly known as White-stem Pondweed, is an aquatic plant
with stout, rusty-spotted rhizome
s. It is relatively easy to distinguish from other Potamogeton
species by the leaves clasping around a zig-zagging stem and persistent, whitish stipule
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Aquatic plant
Aquatic plants are plants that have adapted to living in aquatic environments. They are also referred to as hydrophytes or aquatic macrophytes. These plants require special adaptations for living submerged in water, or at the water's surface. Aquatic plants can only grow in water or in soil that is...
with stout, rusty-spotted rhizome
Rhizome
In botany and dendrology, a rhizome is a characteristically horizontal stem of a plant that is usually found underground, often sending out roots and shoots from its nodes...
s. It is relatively easy to distinguish from other Potamogeton
Potamogeton
Potamogeton is a genus of aquatic, mostly freshwater, plants of the family Potamogetonaceae. Most are known by the common name pondweed, although many unrelated plants may be called pondweed, such as Canadian pondweed...
species by the leaves clasping around a zig-zagging stem and persistent, whitish stipule
Stipule
In botany, stipule is a term coined by Linnaeus which refers to outgrowths borne on either side of the base of a leafstalk...
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