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