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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Herb 50-150 cm high, from a rhizome; stems 4-angled. Stipular sheaths 10-20 mm, convolute, early deciduous. Leaves 30-90 × 8-15 mm, linear-lanceolate, sessile, all submerged, shining, translucent; apex obtuse, apiculate; margin finely serrate, markedly undulate when mature. Spikes 5-10-flowered, somewhat lax. Drupe 2-4 mm, ovoid-acuminate, laterally flattened; beak nearly as long as fruit, falcate, tapered. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | crispus: with a wavy or curled margin |
| Habitat: | In stagnant and slow-flowing waters |
| Altitude range: (metres) | Up to 1200 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | North Africa, Sudan, Ethiopia, Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa. Also in Europe, Asia and Australia. Introduced from Canada to Argentina and in New Zealand. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C,S |
| Growth form(s): | Aquatic. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Saturday 14 April 2007 |
| Literature: |
Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 112. Pooley, E. (1998). A Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Region. Natal Flora Publications Trust. Durban. Pages 502 - 503. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 148. Symoens, J.J. (2009). Potamogetonaceae Flora Zambesiaca 12(2) Pages 85 - 86. |
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