Common names: Cape pondweed, water onion, water asparagus (Eng.); waterblommetjie, vleikos, wateruintjie (Afr.)
Family: Aponogetonaceae
... with brown anthers. The flowers are the edible part. Aponogeton distachyos occurs naturally in the winter rainfall ... to the flowers and may be one of the main pollinators. Aponogeton For a garden pond, this is an excellent plant. ... some areas might even need to be controlled. The seed of Aponogeton germinates freely on the water surface. The young ...
06 / 08 / 2000 | Liesl Van der Walt | Kirstenbosch NBG
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