Cabomba aquatica (Piotr Kuczynski)

Common Name : Yellow cabomba
Family : Cabombaceae

HABIT

SUBMERSED AND FLOATING-LEAVED AQUATIC PLANT.

STEMS

STEMS EMERGE AT INTERVALS FROM SLENDER ROOTS.

LEAVES

LAMINA OF THE FLOATING LEAVES PELTATE, BROADLY ELLIPTIC TO OVATE, MARGINS ENTIRE. DIVISIONS OF SUBMERGED LEAVES THREE-DIMENTIONALLY RAMIFID, NON-PLANAR, TERMINAL DIVISIONS NARROW AND LINEAR. YOUNG FLOATING LEAVES RAISED 0.5 CM ABOVE SURFACE OF WATER BY THICK PETIOLE

FLOWERS

 SOLITARY, RAISED ABOVE THE WATER SURFACE ON A LONG PEDICEL; YELLOW