Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Alismatales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Najas gracillima
FAMILY
Hydrocharitaceae
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Learn more about Najas from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Najas gracillima
FAMILY
Najadaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Najas gracillima
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Najas gracillima
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 025-01-002:
Najas gracillima FAMILY Najadaceae
COMMON NAME:
Slender Naiad, Slender Waternymph, Bushy Naiad
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_nagr_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Najas gracillima
FAMILY
Hydrocharitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Najas gracillima
FAMILY
Najadaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Najas gracillima
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Najas gracillima
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 025-01-002:
Najas gracillima
FAMILY
Najadaceae
4309
Submersed aquatic (rooted); Forb
Annual
Monoecious
Habitat: Ponds, lakes, slow-moving streams, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas
Rare
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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Leaf margins minutely serrulate, with 13-17 widely separated spinulose teeth per leaf side
LEAVES:
Simple
Leaves nearly opposite or appearing whorled
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
1 stamen in staminate flowers
Superior ovary
Unisexual
Flowers in leaf axils
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Purplish
Achene
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