Richardson'S Pondweed

Description

Potamogeton richardsonii-is a species of-aquatic plant-known by the common name-Richardson's pondweed. It is native to much of northern North America, including all of Canada and the northern and western United States. It grows in water bodies such as ponds, lakes, ditches, and streams. This perennial herb grows a narrow, mostly unbranched stem from a mat of-rhizomes-in the substrate. It reaches about a meter in maximum length. The leaves are up to 13 centimeters long and about 3 wide with crinkly pointed or rounded tips. The-inflorescence-is a spike of flowers arising from the water surface on a-peduncle.