Cabomba - Similar Species
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Cabomba caroliniana (fanwort)
- Flowers white, held individually above the water surface on distinct stems
- Submerged leaves paired, opposite, dichotomously branched
- Floating leaves narrow
- No leaves above water surface
- Illustration of Cabomba
- Close up photograph of Cabomba
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Limnophila spp.
- Leaves with 6-12 arising from the same node on the stem
- Leaves of two types - submerged and finely divided or on stems above the water and narrow
- Flowers white to mauve, arising from leaf axils above the water surface
- Illustration of Limnophila sp.
- Close up photograph of Limnophila sp.
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Myriophyllum dicoccum
- Flowers inconspicuous, in the angle between leaf and stem
- Leaves alternating
- Leaves of two types - submerged and finely divided or on stems above the water and narrow
- Illustration of Myriophyllum dicoccum
Ceratophyllum demersum (hornwort)
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- Flowers inconspicuous, below water surface, in the angle between leaf and stem
- Submerged leaves with 6-8 arising from the same node on the stem
- No floating leaves or leaves above the water surface
- Illustration of Ceratophyllum
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Najas spp.
- Leaves all submerged (floating and emergent leaves absent)
- Leaves alternating, very narrow, not divided
- Flowers inconspicuous, below water surface, in the angle between leaf and stem
- Illustration of Najas spp.
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Maidenia rubra (gif 39Kb) |
Maidenia rubra; hydrilla verticillata
- Leaves all submerged (floating and emergent leaves absent)
- Leaves with several or more arising from the same node on the stem, narrow or very narrow, not divided
- Flowers inconspicuous, on long slender stems at water surface
- Illustration of Maidenia rubra
- Illustration of Hydrilla vertcillata.
