Submerged aquatic native to warm temperate South America in southeastern Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay. Grows in "Reservoir Pond."
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Brazilian Waterweed
Genus species:
Egeria densa
Common Name:
Brazilian Waterweed
Family Name:
Hydrocharitaceae
Aquatic, perennial herbs; leaves various, simple; flowers mostly unisexual (plants dioecious or monoecious), regular, axillary; fruit an achene in Najas, and berrylike in other genera.
Seed Type
Angiosperm
Origin:
Native: native to North America. Non-native: not native to North America. Introduced Native: native to North America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA terminology
Nonnative
Category:
Aquatic
Flower Color:
White
Identified by:
M. Becus
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