Potamogetonaceae
Pondweed
Potamogeton × nitens
- Family
- Potamogetonaceae
- Genus
- Potamogeton
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Potamogeton × nitensPotamogetonaceae
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Common names
By language (3)
- English
- Pondweed
- Finnish
- Kiiluvita
- German
- Glanz-Laichkraut
Synonyms
- Potamogeton curvifolius Hartm.
- Potamogeton curvifolius var. palustris Mert. & W.D.J.Koch
- Potamogeton fallax Asch. & Graebn.
- Potamogeton gramineus subsp. nitens (Weber) Douin
- Potamogeton gramineus var. intermedius (Tiselius) Druce
- Potamogeton heterophyllus Fr.
- Potamogeton innominatus (Tiselius) P.Fourn.
- Potamogeton intermedius Tiselius ex Fryer
- Potamogeton involutus (Fryer) H.Groves & J.Groves
- Potamogeton lithuanicus Gorski ex Rchb.
- Potamogeton lundii K.Richt.
- Potamogeton nipponicus Makino
- Potamogeton nitens f. brevior Hagstr.
- Potamogeton nitens f. brevipes Hagstr.
- Potamogeton nitens f. comparandus Tiselius
- Potamogeton nitens f. elongatus Baagøe ex Hagstr.
- Potamogeton nitens f. extensus Tiselius ex Hagstr.
- Potamogeton nitens f. flumineus Hagstr.
- Potamogeton nitens f. fyrisensis Tiselius
- Potamogeton nitens f. gotlandicus Hagstr.
- Potamogeton nitens f. innominatus (Tiselius) Hagstr.
- Potamogeton nitens f. intermedius (Tiselius) Hagstr.
- Potamogeton nitens f. involutus Fryer
- Potamogeton nitens f. jemtlandicus Tiselius
- Potamogeton nitens f. lacuum Hagstr.
- Potamogeton nitens f. laestadii Hagstr.
- Potamogeton nitens f. maelarensis Tiselius
- Potamogeton nitens f. maritimus Tiselius
- Potamogeton nitens f. neidensis Hagstr.
- Potamogeton nitens f. obtusus Hagstr.
- Potamogeton nitens f. perfoliatifolius Tiselius
- Potamogeton nitens f. praelongifolius (Tiselius) Hagstr.
- Potamogeton nitens f. restrictus Hagstr.
- Potamogeton nitens f. robustior Tiselius ex Hagstr.
- Potamogeton nitens f. speciosus Tiselius
- Potamogeton nitens f. spicosus Hagstr.
- Potamogeton nitens f. stenobasis Hagstr.
- Potamogeton nitens f. subovalis Hagstr.
- Potamogeton nitens f. subsimilis Tiselius ex Hagstr.
- Potamogeton nitens f. subtilis (Tiselius) Graebn.
and 19 more.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
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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.