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Potamogeton cristatus
Little-leaf pondweed is a submerged aquatic plant that grows in slow-moving fresh water, native to the Russian Far East, China and temperate East Asia. It is a pond or aquarium plant rather than a garden or houseplant, and it needs cool, clear, slow-moving water.
Potamogeton cristatus, the little-leaf pondweed, is an aquatic plant species in the genus Potamogeton. It is found in slow moving fresh water.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Potamogeton cristatus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
