Potamogeton ochreatus, common name blunt pondweed, is a species of freshwater plant found in fast moving or still water in Australia and New Zealand. Stems are round in cross section, up to four metres long. The specific epithet ochreatus is derived from Latin, meaning "greave" a piece of leg armour, alluding to the shape of the sheath at the leaf base.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Blunt Pondweed being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Potamogeton obtusifolius
- Potamogeton compressus
- Potamogeton acutifolius
- Potamogeton friesii
- Potamogeton zosteriformis
- Potamogeton epihydrus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Alismatales
- Family
- Potamogetonaceae
- Genus
- Potamogeton
- Species
- Potamogeton ochreatus
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