Family: Hydrocharitaceae
Group: Monocot
Perennation:
Annual
Habit:
Herb
Substrate:
Freshwater Aquatic
Native Status:
Native
Preliminary IRC Status:
Rare
Native Range:
The West Indies, North America, Mexico, Central America and South America.
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
History in the Bahamas:
Not listed in Britton & Millspaugh (1920).
Comments:
In Freshwater ponds; nearly throughout the Commonwealth (Correll & Correll, 1982). Apparently absent from the Turks & Caicos.
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IFAS Extension Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants.
