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Carl Farmer |
Frequent in lochs and burns Flower spike c 2-3.5 mm long. Stems can be up to 50 cm long. Skye ID: Grass-like water plant with long floating leafy stems, rooting at nodes. Spikelets solitary on long stalks, consisting of c 3-5 flowers/fruits, whose glumes are green like the rest of the plant. Other features: Flowers have 3 stamens and 3 stigmas. No bract at base of spikelet. Resembles some of the narrow-leaved Pondweeds (e.g Potamogeton pectinatus) but there is no stipule in the leaf axils and the flower-spike is totally different; in the Pondweeds there are many well-separated flowers/fruits on the stalk. |
