Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Alismatales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Najas filifolia
FAMILY
Hydrocharitaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Najas filifolia
FAMILY
Najadaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 22 (2000)
Najas filifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Najas filifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Najas ancistrocarpa
COMMON NAME:
Narrowleaf Naiad, needleleaf waternymph
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Najas filifolia
FAMILY
Hydrocharitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Najas filifolia
FAMILY
Najadaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 22
Najas filifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Najas filifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Najas ancistrocarpa
4392
Submersed aquatic (rooted); Forb
Annual
Monoecious
Habitat: Lakes, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia
Rare
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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Leaf margins conspicuously serrulate, with 5-9 spinulose teeth per leaf side
LEAVES:
Simple (becoming recurved late in the season)
Leaves nearly opposite or appearing whorled
FLOWER:
1 stamen in staminate flowers
Superior ovary
Unisexual
Flowers solitary in leaf axils
FRUIT:
Achene
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