Alisma canaliculatum
Common Water-Plantain
Alisma plantago-aquatica
L. Species
- Botanical name
- Alisma plantago-aquatica
- Also known as
- American Waterplantain, Common Water-Plantain, European Water Plantain, European Water-Plantain, Water Plantain, Water-Plantain
- Family
- Alismataceae
- Genus
- Alisma
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Common Water-Plantain
We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Alisma plantago-aquatica but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Alisma major
Alisma plantago-aquatica subsp. latifolium
Damasonium plantago-aquaticum
Others in Alisma
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