Ottelia muricata, an aquatic, floating plant photographed in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
Only the flowering stems rise above the water surface. I can find little information on the web about this seemingly obscure plant, not even a vernacular name. It is a member of the Hydrocharitaceae family, which includes the frogbits (Hydrocharis) of European waters. O. muricata is distributed from the Congo to southern Namibia. Prefers wetlands with a dry season, as in the Okavango, where it is common. From a Fujichrome slide taken in 2005.
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Ottelia muricata, an aquatic, floating plant photographed in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
Only the flowering stems rise above the water surface. I can find little information on the web about this seemingly obscure plant, not even a vernacular name. It is a member of the Hydrocharitaceae family, which includes the frogbits (Hydrocharis) of European waters. O. muricata is distributed from the Congo to southern Namibia. Prefers wetlands with a dry season, as in the Okavango, where it is common. From a Fujichrome slide taken in 2005.
220913 001DN
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All images are the property of the photographer and may not be reproduced, copied, downloaded, transmitted or used in any way without the written permission of the photographer, who can be contacted by registering with flickr and using flickrmail
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