Distinguishing Feature : Easily distinguished from Pygmyweed which is tiny and grows only on the shores of Loch Shiel, Scotland, whereas New Zealand Pigmyweed is found in many places south of the Forest of Bowland.

This is another problematic plant in that it quickly invades any still freshwater where it has been discarded by aquatic gardeners, to the detriment and ultimately entire exclusion of all other aquatic plants and fish in the pond.

An aquatic plant that is usually submerged, but sometimes becomes stranded on muddy shores. It was virtually un-known in Britain two decades ago.

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