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Alisma lanceolatum With.

narrow-leaved water-plantain (Alismataceae)

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Alisma lanceolatum grows in shallow, base-rich water in central and southern England, and more rarely in Wales, Scotland and Ireland; its leaves are cuneate at the base, unlike the rounded to cordate leaves of Alisma plantago-aquatica.

Mongewell (VC23: Oxfordshire); 2016-08-27

 narrow-leaved water-plantain / Alisma lanceolatum: _Alisma lanceolatum_ grows in shallow, base-rich water in central and southern England, and more rarely in Wales, Scotland and Ireland; its leaves are cuneate at the base, unlike the rounded to cordate leaves of _Alisma plantago-aquatica_.

The inflorescences of Alisma lanceolatum are almost identical to those of the more common Alisma plantago-aquatica.

Cheltenham (VC33: East Gloucestershire); 2016-06-12

 narrow-leaved water-plantain / Alisma lanceolatum: The inflorescences of _Alisma lanceolatum_ are almost identical to those of the more common _Alisma plantago-aquatica_.

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