Habitat ⁴

Small shallow lakes and ponds.

Distribution ⁴

Yukon: South and central Yukon; known only from Sheldon Lake and the Dezadeash River
North America: Alaska, Canada, northern States.
World: Amphi-Atlantic

Distinguishing Features ⁴

Potamogeton obtusifolius is separated from similar P. friesii by distinctive rounded leaf tip, slightly zigzag stem, and stipules not connate.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) anonymous, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.biopix.com/photos/JCS-Potamogeton-obtusifolius-66047.JPG
2. (c) anonymous, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.biopix.com/photos/JCS-Potamogeton-obtusifolius-65953.JPG
3. (c) National Museum Wales. National Museum Wales., some rights reserved (CC BY), http://www.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/POWNA/NMW2047+1328486108.jpg
4. (c) L.G. Johanson, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Flora of North America (beta)
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• Go Botany
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• NBN Atlas
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• USDA PLANTS database
• VASCAN by Canadensys
• World Flora Online

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