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DESCRIPTION:
Naiads are perennial freshwater broadleaf plants with floating or submerged leaves, or
both. They grow in rice fields and other areas where standing water persists
from early spring into summer. On mature plants,
leaves encircle the stem in whorls of three. Leaves are very narrow, 1/100 to 1/10 inch (0.25 - 2.5 mm) wide and taper at
the tips. Stems are 10 to 25 inches (25 to 62.5 cm) long and may branch at the stem joints.
Tiny flowers emerge from the sheath at the base of the leaf. Plants
propagate from seeds or
from stems. |
