Monoecious . Submerged annual or perennial herb ; up to 50 cm . Stems sparingly branched , without spines ; internodes to 1 . 5 cm long . Leaves sessile , opposite or in pseudo-whorls , soft and flexible , 10-30 x 1-2 mm , linear , margins smooth , apex with 2-3 teeth ; leaf-sheaths deeply auriculate . Inflorescences with male and female flowers solitary or 2-4 together at the same node . Flowers 1-2 per axil . Male flowers in the upper axils , spathe absent , pedicelled ; perianth-lobes 1 . 5-2 mm long , globose-oblong , hyaline ; anthers 4-celled , c . 1 . 5 mm long , elliptic . Female flowers through out ; spathe absent , subsessile , to 3 mm long ; perianth - lobe closely appressed to ovary ; ovary c . 2 mm long , elliptic ; stigma 2(-3)-lobed . Fruit 2 mm , oblong-ellipsoid . Seeds small . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 4) .
No Data
Not Evaluated (NE)
Not Common
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Caulinia graminea (Delile) Tzvelev
Najas graminea var. delilei Magnus
No Data
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Ricefield Water-nymph
Bushy Pondweed
Not used traditionally
Ghazanfar, S. (2018). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.4: Hydrocharitaceae – Orchidaceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 56). ISBN 9789492663153 ISSN 0779-2387. https://en.wikipedia.org https://wisflora.herbarium.wisc.edu https://www.first-nature.com POWO (2023). "Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
