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 |