Bog Pondweed - Potamogeton polygonifolius

Fruit spike 1 to 4 cm.  Floating leaves, blade 2 to 6 cm x 1 to 4 cm. Both floating and submerged leaves are stalked.  Leaf-stalks typically much longer than leaf-blades. Stalk of fruit-spike does not widen towards the spike.  Fruit densely packed.

The County Recorder has asked for a specimen of this plant to be retained for verification

May grow as an aquatic in shallow water in lakes, pools, the backwaters of rivers, streams and ditches, or in a dwarf, sub-terrestrial state in wet Sphagnum lawns or `brown moss` communities. It is usually restricted to acidic water, only rarely occurring in highly calcareous but nutrient-poor sites.

In flower during March, June, July and August.

Rhizomatous perennial herb.

Its strongholds in Britain are in Scotland and Wales and in south-western England.

Rarely recorded in Leicestershire and Rutland.