Curly Waterweed
Curly Waterweed - Lagarosiphon major
Alternative names
Curly Water-thyme
Description
Submerged aquatic plant with elongated stems forming entangled masses. Leaves linear, alternate, spreading and recurved, crowded towards the shoot tips, minutely toothed. Flowers pinkish, 3 to 4 mm.
Identification difficulty
Habitat
Lakes and canals.
When to see it
Flowers July and August.
Life History
Aquatic.
UK Status
Widespread in the southern half of Britain.
VC55 Status
First recorded in Leicestershire and Rutland in 1999 and now spreading. It was not recorded in the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire.
Graham Calow
Pool in field near Stoney Stanton Playing Fields
27 June 2016
Graham Calow
Broughton Astley Brick Quarry
25 June 2015
Ron.stevens
The lake
03 October 2013
Graham Calow
Pool in field near Stoney Stanton Playing Fields
27 June 2016
Graham Calow
Broughton Astley Brick Quarry
25 June 2015
Ron.stevens
Broughton Astley Brick Quarry
03 October 2013
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