Family: Hydrocharitaceae
Group: Monocot
Perennation:
Annual
Habit:
Herb
Substrate:
Freshwater Aquatic
Native Status:
Native
Preliminary IRC Status:
Rare
Native Range:
Widespread but scattered in the West Indies, North America, Mexico, Central America, South America and the Old World in both temperate and tropical regions.
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
History in the Bahamas:
Not listed in Britton & Millspaugh (1920).
Comments:
In ponds and lakes; nearly throughout the Archipelago (Correll & Correll, 1982).
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