Potamogeton crispus L.

Spice In the field

Family: POTAMOGETONACEAE

Genus: Potamogeton

Province distribution: Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Girona. Lleida. València.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Some regions

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Hydrophyte.

Habitats: Non-saline wetlands (intermittent watercourses, streams, artesian wells, ditches). Non-saline watercourses.

Characteristics: An aquatic plant with ample, gelatinous and submerged leaves. These organs are slightly serrate at the margin and so thin that they are translucent. The spike is short and situated upon a relatively large peduncle.