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Volume III (1980) - Flora of New Zealand Adventive Cyperaceous, Petalous & Spathaceous Monocotyledons
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Potamogeton pectinatus L.

P. pectinatus L. Sp. Pl. 1, 1753, 127.

Leaves all submersed, very narrow-linear, ± 1 mm wide, numerous transverse veins usually visible; stipules adnate below to leaf. Spike 2-4 cm long, discontinuous. Achenes rounded, without prominent keel or beak, light pinkish-brown.

N., S. In hard and brackish waters, usually near the coast.

FL. 1-2. FT. 1-3.

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