Elodea canadensis
Common Elodea
Elodea canadensis
Michx. Species
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- Botanical name
- Elodea canadensis
- Also known as
- American Waterweed, American-Duckweed, Broad Waterweed, Canada Waterweed, Canadian Elodea, Canadian Pondweed, Canadian Waterweed, Canadian Waterweed/Pondweed, Canadian-Pondweed, Common Elodea, Common Waterweed, Oxygen-Weed, Rocky Mountain Waterweed, Water-Thyme, Waterweed
- Family
- Hydrocharitaceae
- Genus
- Elodea
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Common Elodea
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Elodea canadensis but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Anacharis alsinastrum
Anacharis canadensis
Anacharis canadensis var. latifolia
Anacharis canadensis var. planchonii
Anacharis iowensis
Anacharis linearis
Anacharis occidentalis
Anacharis planchonii
Anacharis pomeranica
Apalanthe schweinitzii
Elodea brandegeae
Elodea canadensis var. angustifolia
Elodea canadensis var. latifolia
Elodea canadensis var. planchonii
Elodea gigantea
Elodea ioensis
Elodea iowensis
Elodea latifolia
Elodea linearis
Elodea oblongifolia
Elodea occidentalis
Elodea planchonii
Elodea schweinitzii
Hydora canadensis
Philotria angustifolia
Philotria canadensis
Philotria iowensis
Philotria linearis
Philotria occidentalis
Philotria planchonii
Serpicula canadensis
Serpicula occidentalis
Serpicula verticillata
Serpicula verticillata var. angustifolia
Udora canadensis
Others in Elodea
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