Broad-leaved Pondweed - Potamogeton natans
Submerged leaves are grass-like, but higher up the shoot it produces wide, oval floating leaves. They are dark green, leathery, opaque, with translucent longitudinal veins. They are 5 to 10 cm long, pointed at the tips, and rounded at the base.
Still freshwater such as ponds.
It flowers from May to September.
Perennial.
Common and widespread throughout Britain.
Frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 238 of the 617 tetrads.
David Nicholls
New Lount
27 September 2012
Graham Calow
Stanton Lakes, Stoney Stanton
25 September 2014
Craig Mabbett
Countesthorpe Country Park
24 May 2022
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Species profile
- Common names
- Broad-leaved Pondweed
- Species group:
- Wildflowers
- Kingdom:
- Plantae
- Order:
- Alismatales
- Family:
- Potamogetonaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 60
- First record:
- 26/04/2007 (Dave Wood)
- Last record:
- 08/06/2024 (Smith, Peter)
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Graham Calow
Stanton Lakes
13 June 2013
David Nicholls
New Lount
27 September 2012
