Common Waternymph

Najas guadalupensis

(Spreng.) Magnus Species

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Botanical name
Najas guadalupensis
Also known as
Common Water-Nymph, Common Waternymph, Guadalupe Naiad, Guadalupe Water-Nymph, Guadalupe Waternymph, Southern Naiad, Southern Water-Nymph, Southern Waternymph
Family
Hydrocharitaceae
Genus
Najas
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Common Waternymph

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Other names for this plant

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

Caulinia guadalupensis Najas flexilis var. guadalupensis Najas flexilis var. guadelupensis Najas guadalupensis var. guadalupensis Najas microdon Najas microdon var. guadalupensis

Others in Najas

Najas graminea var. robusta
Najas grossareolata
Najas arguta
Najas australis
Najas brevistyla
Najas canadensis
Cryptic Naiad
Najas chinensis
Najas flexilis
Bushy Naiad

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