Floating-leaf waterplantain [Ottelia alismoides]
Description
Native to South Asia, Oceania, and Australia, this species is a freshwater plant that has floating leaves that are broad and elliptic or ovate. It grows in static or slow-flowing water bodies like ponds, lakes, and streams. It has white flowers that bloom above the water surface.
Taxonomy
| Phylum |
Seagrasses
Anthophyta
|
|---|---|
| Class |
Seagrasses
Anthophyta
|
| Order |
Eelgrasses
Zosterales
|
| Family |
Frog's-bit
Hydrocharitaceae
|
| Genus |
Ottelia
Ottelia
|