pondweed

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Potamogeton crispus, curled leaf pondweed, curly pondweed

European herb naturalized in the eastern United States and California

Potamogeton gramineous, variously-leaved pondweed

of Europe (except the Mediterranean area) and the northern United States

Potamogeton americanus, Potamogeton nodosus, loddon pondweed

pondweed with floating leaves; of northern United States and Europe

frog's lettuce

very similar to Potamogeton; of western Africa, Asia, and Europe

Zannichellia palustris, horned pondweed

found in still or slow-moving fresh or brackish water; useful to oxygenate cool water ponds and aquaria

Type of:

aquatic plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant, water plant

a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth

Synonyms:

Elodea, ditchmoss, genus Elodea

Type of:

liliopsid genus, monocot genus

genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed