Species: Najas guadalupensis
Encyclopedia of Puget Sound
Guadalupe Water-nymph is a submerged aquatic annual with slender, branching stems up to about 7 dm long. The opposite, ribbon-like leaves, usually with additional leaves in their axils, are 0.5-2 cm long and have minutely toothed margins and enlarged bases. Tiny unisexual flowers, both male and female on the same plant, are borne singly, without stalks, in the axils of leaves. The male flowers have a single stamen enclosed in a translucent bract which is surrounded by a firmer bract, and the female flowers consist of a single naked pistil. The fruits are single seeded with a thin, papery covering. The long tapered seeds are round in cross-section and are dull and coarsely pitted with 10-20 rows of pits across the middle.
Source: Encyclopedia of Life
Classification
Monocotyledoneae
Najadales
Najadaceae
Najas
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Classification
Ecology and Life History
Guadalupe Water-nymph is a submerged aquatic annual with slender, branching stems up to about 7 dm long. The opposite, ribbon-like leaves, usually with additional leaves in their axils, are 0.5-2 cm long and have minutely toothed margins and enlarged bases. Tiny unisexual flowers, both male and female on the same plant, are borne singly, without stalks, in the axils of leaves. The male flowers have a single stamen enclosed in a translucent bract which is surrounded by a firmer bract, and the female flowers consist of a single naked pistil. The fruits are single seeded with a thin, papery covering. The long tapered seeds are round in cross-section and are dull and coarsely pitted with 10-20 rows of pits across the middle.
Source: Encyclopedia of Life