Family: Potamogetonaceae
Group: Monocot
Perennation:
Perennial
Habit:
Herb
Substrate:
Freshwater Aquatic
Native Status:
Native
Preliminary IRC Status:
Apparently Secure
Native Range:
The West Indies, North America, Mexico, Central America and South America.
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
History in the Bahamas:
Reported in 1920 by Britton & Millspaugh for fresh water pools and ditches in the northwestern and central Commonwealth (Grand Bahama, Andros, New Providence, Great Exuma). Reported by Correll & Correll (1982: 68-69, with illustrations) as submerged in ponds nearly throughout the Commonwealth (regions 10-5, 3).
Comments:
Also visit IRC's
Natives For Your Neighborhood website for horticultural information about this species in South Florida.
Synonyms:
Potagogeton heterophyllus of Britton & Millspaugh (1920), not Schreb.
