Stats

Lifespan

Perennial

Size

Small

Diet

Photosynthetic

Biome

Freshwater wetland

Range

Eurasia

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Seeds

Status

Uncommon

About

This aquatic plant grows in freshwater ponds and streams across Eurasia. It produces specialized winter buds that survive under ice to sprout when temperatures rise.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   seed

   A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2. 2.
   sprout

   A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3. 3.
   sapling

   A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4. 4.
   mature

   Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Alismatales

Family

Potamogetonaceae

Genus

Potamogeton

Species

Potamogeton crispus