Hydrocharis chevalieri
Common Frogbit
Hydrocharis morsus-ranae
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- Botanical name
- Hydrocharis morsus-ranae
- Also known as
- Common Frog-Bit, Common Frogbit, European Frog-Bit, European Frog's-Bit, European Frogbit, Frog's-Bit, Frogbit
- Family
- Hydrocharitaceae
- Genus
- Hydrocharis
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Common Frogbit
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 Hydrocharis morsus-ranae but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Hydrocharis asarifolia
Hydrocharis asarifolia var. odoratissima
Hydrocharis batrachyodegma
Hydrocharis cordifolia
Hydrocharis morsus-ranae f. terrestris
Hydrocharis morsus-ranae subsp. vivipara
Hydrocharis morsus-ranae var. vivipara
Hydrocharis rotundifolia
Sagittaria triflora
Others in Hydrocharis
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