Potamogetonaceae
Ribbonleaf pondweed
Potamogeton epihydrus
- Family
- Potamogetonaceae
- Genus
- Potamogeton
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Common names
By language (3)
- English
- Ribbonleaf pondweed, American pondweed
- French
- Potamot émergé
- Welsh
- Dyfrllys America
Synonyms
- Potamogeton cayugensis (Wiegand) Hagstr.
- Potamogeton claytonii Tuck.
- Potamogeton epihydrus subsp. nuttallii (Cham. & Schltdl.) Calder & Roy L.Taylor
- Potamogeton epihydrus var. cayugensis A.Benn.
- Potamogeton epihydrus var. epihydrus
- Potamogeton epihydrus var. nuttallii (Cham. & Schltdl.) Fernald
- Potamogeton epihydrus var. ramosus House
- Potamogeton epihydrus var. typicus Fernald
- Potamogeton nuttallii Cham. & Schltdl.
- Potamogeton nuttallii var. cayugensis Wiegand
- Potamogeton nuttallii var. ramosus Peck
- Potamogeton pensylvanicus Willd. ex Cham. & Schltdl.
- Potamogeton pumilus Wolfg.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- green (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
Photo: Barre Hellquist, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.