Long-Sheathed Waterweed

Elodea bifoliata

H.St.John Species

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Botanical name
Elodea bifoliata
Also known as
Long-Sheathed Waterweed, Two-Leaved Waterweed
Family
Hydrocharitaceae
Genus
Elodea
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Long-Sheathed Waterweed

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Elodea bifoliata but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Elodea longivaginata Elodea nevadensis

Others in Elodea

Elodea canadensis
Elodea granatensis
Elodea heterostemon
Elodea naias
Elodea densa
Elodea nuttallii
Nuttall's Waterweed
Elodea callitrichoides
South American Waterweed
Elodea canadensis
Common Elodea

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