Hydrilla verticillata var. verticillata
Indian Stargrass
Hydrilla verticillata
(L.f.) Royle Species
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- Botanical name
- Hydrilla verticillata
- Also known as
- Esthwaite Waterweed, Florida-Elodea, Hydrilla, Indian Stargrass, Water-Thyme, Waterthyme
- Family
- Hydrocharitaceae
- Genus
- Hydrilla
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Indian Stargrass
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Hydrilla verticillata but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Elodea verticillata
Hydora lithuanica
Hydrilla angustifolia
Hydrilla dentata
Hydrilla dentata var. pomeranica
Hydrilla lithuanica
Hydrilla najadifolia
Hydrilla ovalifolia
Hydrilla roxburghii
Hydrilla verticillata var. crispa
Hydrilla verticillata var. roxburghii
Hydrospondylus submersus
Serpicula verticillata
Udora lithuanica
Udora lithuanica
Udora pomeranica
Udora verticillata
Vallisneria verticillata
Others in Hydrilla
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