Large-flowered Waterweed [Hydrilla verticillata]
Description
Large-flowered Waterweed is a submerged aquatic plant native to the cool and warm waters of the Old World in Asia, Africa and Australia. It has slender stems up to 2-3 m long. Leaves are strap-like, 5–20 mm long and 1–4 mm broad, with serrated edges. The plant has a high resistance to salinity compared to many other freshwater associated aquatic plants.
Taxonomy
| Phylum |
Seagrasses
Anthophyta
|
|---|---|
| Class |
Seagrasses
Anthophyta
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| Order |
Eelgrasses
Zosterales
|
| Family |
Frog's-bit
Hydrocharitaceae
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| Genus |
Waterweed
Elodea
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