Water-Poppy

Hydrocleys nymphoides

(Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Buchenau Species

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Botanical name
Hydrocleys nymphoides
Also known as
Water-Poppy, Waterpoppy
Family
Alismataceae
Genus
Hydrocleys
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Water-Poppy

We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.

GardenDecoded's botanical data covers every accepted species, but growing advice is written by hand rather than imported — so it exists only for the plants we have worked through so far. The botanical detail above is complete and sourced.

Other names for this plant

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

Hydrocleys azurea Hydrocleys commersonii Hydrocleys humboldtii Limnocharis commersonii Limnocharis humboldtii Limnocharis nymphoides Sagittaria ranunculoides Stratiotes nymphoides Vespuccia humboldtii

Others in Hydrocleys

Hydrocleys martii
Hydrocleys modesta
Hydrocleys mattogrossensis
Hydrocleys parviflora

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