"Is aquatic in sinkhole ponds and sluggish streams, sometimes emergent on mudflats. This species is a characteristic plant of upland sinkhole ponds in the ozarks."
Distribution
"Scattered in the eastern half of the state in the Ozark and Ozark border natural divisions *02*. The historic sites in the Ozark border division at the northern edge of the species' distribution mostly have been destroyed *02*."
County List
BOLLINGER, BUTLER, CARTER, OREGON, REYNOLDS, RIPLEY, SHANNON, WAYNE