Status: Native
Synonyms:
Caulinia guadalupensis Sprengel
Najas guadalupensis is an aquatic herb with opposite linear leaves that are very inconspicuously dentate. The teeth are most easily seen at the basal sheath, which is rounded. The sessile fruit are found singly in the leaf axils. The single seed is easily extracted from the fruit and has areoles in rows. Najas guadalupensis is found growing with other aquatics (e.g., Potamogetons) at middle elevation.
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Najas guadalupensis, photo Russ Kleinman, Silver City Range, Bear Canyon Lake, Nov. 4, 2009
Najas guadalupensis, closeup, photo Russ Kleinman, Silver City Range, Bear Canyon Lake, Nov. 4, 2009
Najas guadalupensis, macro of fruit with rounded and dentate leaf sheaths, photo Russ Kleinman, Silver City Range, Bear Canyon Lake, Nov. 4, 2009
Najas guadalupensis, macro of fruit with rounded and dentate leaf sheaths, photo Russ Kleinman, Silver City Range, Bear Canyon Lake, Nov. 4, 2009
Najas guadalupensis, macro of measured fruit and leaf, photo Russ Kleinman, Silver City Range, Bear Canyon Lake, Nov. 4, 2009
Najas guadalupensis, stem, photo Russ Kleinman, Silver City Range, Bear Canyon Lake, Nov. 4, 2009
Najas guadalupensis, fusiform seed with areoles in rows, photo Russ Kleinman, Silver City Range, Bear Canyon Lake, Nov. 4, 2009
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