Broad-leaved pondweed Potamogeton natans

Features

Perennial. Habitat - in puddles and streams.

Species	Perrenial
Living space	Streams, Swamp
Size

Description

It produces both floating and submersed leaves on the same plant. The floating leaves are ovate to oblong-ovate and almost always cordate at the base. They are dark green, leathery, opaque, with translucent longitudinal veins. They are 5 to 10 cm long, pointed at the tips, and rounded at the base. The submerged grass-like structures are called phyllodes, are actually modified leaf stalks. The stems are cylindrical, without many branches, and grow from 1 to 2 metres.