Water-Plantain

Luronium natans

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Botanical name
Luronium natans
Also known as
Floating Water-Plantain, Floating-Water-Plantain, Water-Plantain
Family
Alismataceae
Genus
Luronium
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Water-Plantain

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 Luronium natans but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Alisma diversifolium Alisma natans Alisma natans var. repens Alisma natans var. reptans Alisma natans var. sparganiifolium Damasonium natans Echinodorus natans Echinodorus natans f. repens Echinodorus natans subvar. parvulus Echinodorus natans subvar. plantaginifolius Echinodorus natans var. repens Elisma natans Elisma natans f. fluitans Elisma natans f. repens Elisma natans f. sparganiifolium Elisma natans f. terrestris Elisma natans subvar. parvulum Elisma natans subvar. plantaginifolium Elisma natans var. repens Elisma natans var. sparganiifolium Elisma natans var. terrestre Nectalisma natans

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