Potamogeton lucens or Shining Pondweed, is an aquatic species in the genus Potamogeton

Potamogeton

Potamogeton is a genus of aquatic, mostly freshwater, plants of the family Potamogetonaceae. Most are known by the common name pondweed, although many unrelated plants may be called pondweed, such as Canadian pondweed...

. It is found in slow moving fresh water, found locally in the south, mid and East of England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

, almost rare in the rest of Great Britain

Great Britain

Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...

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Description

The species is fully submerged.

The leaves up to 20 cm long, 6 cm wide, translucent, yellow-green, wavy, shiny, oblong lanceolate, with a dense network of veins, minutely toothed along the edges. The leaf stalks are very short - up to about 1 cm long.

Fruits are 3mm across.

Flowers June to September.