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Pictorial guide to the flora of the British Isles
Synonym | Potamogeton pectinatus L.
Stuckenia pectinata is a thin, branching pondweed that grows in nutrient-rich or slightly salty lowland lakes and ponds; it flowers under water.
Barrow (VC33: East Gloucestershire); 2020-06-30 |
![fennel pondweed / Stuckenia pectinata: _Stuckenia pectinata_ is a thin, branching pondweed that grows in nutrient-rich or slightly salty lowland lakes and ponds; it flowers under water.](img/124626.jpg) |
The inflorescence of Stuckenia pectinata is a short spike of flowers with 4 dull tepals surrounding 4 stamens and 4 carpels; the leaves are acute at the tip and fused into a sheath around the stem at the base.
Barrow (VC33: East Gloucestershire); 2020-06-30 |
![fennel pondweed / Stuckenia pectinata: The inflorescence of _Stuckenia pectinata_ is a short spike of flowers with 4 dull tepals surrounding 4 stamens and 4 carpels; the leaves are acute at the tip and fused into a sheath around the stem at the base.](img/640157.jpg) |
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