Hydrocharitaceae FAMILY
Najas graminea
Najas graminea
Edibility
1/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Najas graminea is an annual plant that can grow up to 0.15 metres tall. It is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeS. Europe to E. Asia. Naturalized in Britain.
HabitatPonds, paddy fields, usually in still or slowly-moving waters[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. Rice fields and ditches[ 50 Title Flora Europaea Publication Author ? Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1964 ISBN - Description An immense work in 6 volumes (including the index). The standard reference flora for Europe, it is very terse though and with very little extra information. Not for the casual reader. ]. Found in one pond in Britain that is warmed by industrial outflow[ 17 Title Flora of the British Isles. Publication Author Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1962 ISBN - Description A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures. ].