Elatine chilensis
Six-Stamened Waterwort
Elatine hexandra
(Lapierre) DC. Species
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- Botanical name
- Elatine hexandra
- Also known as
- Six-Stamen Waterwort, Six-Stamened Waterwort, Waterwort
- Family
- Elatinaceae
- Genus
- Elatine
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Six-Stamened Waterwort
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Elatine hexandra but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Elatine hexandra subvar. pedunculata
Elatine hexandra var. pedunculata
Elatine hydropiper var. hexandra
Elatine paludosa
Elatine paludosa subsp. hexandra
Elatine paludosa var. hexandra
Elatine tripetala
Hydropiper hexandrum
Potamopitys hexandra
Others in Elatine
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