General:
Perennial, aquatic, emergent herb from an extensive creeping rhizome; stems erect, simple but sometimes shortly branched from the lower nodes, glabrous, 1.5-5 mm wide, 5-40 cm tall, above water partly.

Leaves:
Stem leaves 8-12 per whorl, linear, glabrous, pointed at the tips, 6-35 mm long, 1-2 mm wide.

Flowers:
Inflorescence of tiny, mostly bisexual flowers in several whorls in the axils of the leaf whorls, stalked below, unstalked in the upper leaf axils; anthers 1.2 mm long; mature ovaries about 2 mm long.

Fruits:
Nutlets, 2-2.5 mm long; seeds 1.

Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.

Illustration Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

Flower Colour:
Green

Blooming Period:
Late Spring

Fruit/Seed characteristics:
Colour: Brown
Present from Summer to Fall

Source:  The USDA