Potamogeton × spathuliformis
Broadleaf Pondweed
Potamogeton natans
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- Botanical name
- Potamogeton natans
- Also known as
- Broad-Leaved Pondweed, Broadleaf Pondweed, Floating Pondweed, Floating-Leaf Pondweed, Floating-Leaved Pondweed, Floatingleaf Pondweed
- Family
- Potamogetonaceae
- Genus
- Potamogeton
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Broadleaf Pondweed
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Potamogeton natans but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Buccaferrea natans
Potamogeton affinis
Potamogeton besseri
Potamogeton fluitans subsp. petiolaris
Potamogeton fluitans var. petiolatus
Potamogeton kirkii
Potamogeton morongii
Potamogeton natans f. angustifolius
Potamogeton natans f. fluviatilis
Potamogeton natans f. lancifolius
Potamogeton natans f. ovalifolius
Potamogeton natans f. rotundifolius
Potamogeton natans f. terrestris
Potamogeton natans f. vulgaris
Potamogeton natans subsp. ellipticus
Potamogeton natans subsp. explanatus
Potamogeton natans subsp. kirkii
Potamogeton natans subsp. petiolaris
Potamogeton natans subsp. petiolatus
Potamogeton natans subsp. vulgaris
Potamogeton natans var. acaulis
Potamogeton natans var. angustifolius
Potamogeton natans var. explanatus
Potamogeton natans var. fluviatilis
Potamogeton natans var. intermedius
Potamogeton natans var. lancifolius
Potamogeton natans var. major
Potamogeton natans var. media
Potamogeton natans var. minor
Potamogeton natans var. ovalifolius
Potamogeton natans var. petiolaris
Potamogeton natans var. petiolatus
Potamogeton natans var. prolixus
Potamogeton natans var. pygmaeus
Potamogeton natans var. rotundifolius
Potamogeton natans var. subnatans
Potamogeton natans var. terrestris
Potamogeton natans var. vulgaris
Potamogeton paludosus
Potamogeton petiolaris
Potamogeton petiolatus
Potamogeton plantago
Potamogeton samariformis
Potamogeton sparganiifolius
Potamogeton uliginosus
Spirillus natans
Others in Potamogeton
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