Biology:Sagittaria natans

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Short description: Species of aquatic plant

Sagittaria natans
Fig. 06 Sagittaria natans.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Alismataceae
Genus: Sagittaria
Species:
S. natans
Binomial name
Sagittaria natans
Pall.
Synonyms[1]
  • Sagittaria alpina Willd.
  • Sagittaria alpina var. emersa Turcz.
  • Sagittaria alpina var. submersa Turcz.
  • Sagittaria sagittifolia f. auriculata Kom.
  • Sagittaria sagittifolia var. breviloba Regel
  • Sagittaria sagittifolia f. emersa Kom.
  • Sagittaria sagittifolia f. linearifolia Kom.
  • Sagittaria sagittifolia var. tenuior Wahlenb.

Sagittaria natans is a species of flowering aquatic plant in the water plantain family. It has floating leaves that are linear, heart-shaped or arrow-shaped.[2]

It is native to northern Europe and Asia and often cultivated elsewhere as an aquatic ornamental in aquaria and artificial ponds. It is widespread across much of the Russian Federation and reported also from Finland , Sweden, Mongolia, Japan , Korea, Kazakhstan and China (Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Xinjiang).[3][2] It grows in slow-moving and stagnant water bodies such as ponds and small streams.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q11149356 entry