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Potamogeton natans

Floating Pondweed

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Common names

Floating Pondweed.

Scientific name

Potamogeton natans L.

Conservation status and threats

NOT protected species in Bulgaria.

Description and identification

Perennial herbaceous plant is a perennial aquatic plant with submerged and floating leaves. Floating leaves are oval-elliptic to ovate, up to 12 cm long and up to 5.5 cm wide, mostly heart-shaped at the base. Flowering May-August¹.

Habitats

Swamps, slow-flowing and stagnant waters, overflows of rivers, lakes².

Distribution in Bulgaria

Throughout the country from sea level to 1500 meters altitude³.

General distribution

Widespread in the temperate and subtropical zones of the entire globe; rare in the tropics⁴.

References

1 Йорданов Д. 1963. Във: Флора на Република България, том I, София.

2 Йорданов Д. 1963.

3 Assyov, B., A. Petrova, D. Dimitrov & R. Vassilev. 2012. Conspectus of the vascular flora of Bulgaria. Sofia, Bulgarian biodiversity foundation.

4 Йорданов Д. 1963.

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