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Perennial submerged marine herb, with horizontal rhizomes. Branched flowering stem over 1.0 m long, hairlike green leaves up to 20–50 cm long. The inflorescence is 10 cm long, male and female flowers in separate alternating clusters. The fruit is a nutlet with a transparent coat containing the seed.
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Schweingruber, F.H., Kučerová, A., Adamec, L., Doležal, J. (2020). Zosteraceae. In: Anatomic Atlas of Aquatic and Wetland Plant Stems. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33420-8_73
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