Luronium
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| Luronium natans (L.) Raf. | ||||||||||||||
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| Elisma natans Buchen. |
Luronium natans is a species of aquatic plant commonly known as the Floating Water-plantain.
Description
Stems elongated, rising in the water or creeping and rooting at the nodes. Submerged leaves (if present) basal, linear; floating or aerial leaves elliptical to ovate. Flowers hermaphrodite, long-pedunculate in the axils of the floating or aerial leaves. Stamens 6. Carpels 6 - 15 in an irregular whorl, free, each with 1 ovule; styles apical. Fruitlets achenial, longitudinally many-ribbed, with a short apical beak. 2n=42.
Ecology
Acid ponds or canals. Declining.
