| Luronium natans {{{status}}} Fossil range: {{{fossil_range}}}
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⇕
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| Lifespan:
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⌛
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| Exposure:
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☼
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| Water:
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☂
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| Features:
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❀
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| Poisonous:
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☠
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| Hardiness:
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❆
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| Scientific classification
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Plantae
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Magnoliophyta
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| Class:
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Liliopsida
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| Superorder:
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| Order:
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Alismatales
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| Superfamily:
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| Family:
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Alismataceae
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| Tribe:
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| Genus:
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Luronium
Raf.
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| Species:
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L. natans
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| Binomial name
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Luronium natans
(L.) Raf.
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| Synonyms
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| Elisma natans Buchen.
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Luronium natans is a species of aquatic plant commonly known as the Floating Water-plantain.
Description
Stems elongated, rising in the water or creeping and rooting at the nodes. Submerged leaves (if present) basal, linear; floating or aerial leaves elliptical to ovate. Flowers hermaphrodite, long-pedunculate in the axils of the floating or aerial leaves. Stamens 6. Carpels 6 - 15 in an irregular whorl, free, each with 1 ovule; styles apical. Fruitlets achenial, longitudinally many-ribbed, with a short apical beak. 2n=42.
Ecology
Acid ponds or canals. Declining.
