Ottelia exserta
Waterplantain Ottelia
Ottelia alismoides
(L.) Pers. Species
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- Botanical name
- Ottelia alismoides
- Also known as
- Duck-Lettuce, Ducklettuce, Water-Plantain Ottelia, Waterplantain Ottelia
- Family
- Hydrocharitaceae
- Genus
- Ottelia
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Waterplantain Ottelia
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 Ottelia alismoides but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Boottia alata
Boottia bodinieri
Boottia lanceolata
Boottia thorelii
Damasonium alismoides
Damasonium indicum
Damasonium javanicum
Damasonium lactucifolium
Damasonium lancifolium
Damasonium timorense
Damasonium tranquebariense
Hydrocharis bodinieri
Hymenotheca latifolia
Ottelia alata
Ottelia alismoides f. lacustris
Ottelia alismoides f. oryzetorum
Ottelia alismoides var. cordifolia
Ottelia alismoides var. javanica
Ottelia alismoides var. lacustris
Ottelia alismoides var. lanceolata
Ottelia alismoides var. oryzetorum
Ottelia bodinieri
Ottelia condorensis
Ottelia dioecia
Ottelia ensiformis
Ottelia hoffmeisteri
Ottelia indica
Ottelia japonica
Ottelia javanica
Ottelia lactucifolia
Ottelia lanceolata
Ottelia philippinensis
Ottelia thorelii
Stratiotes alismoides
Stratiotes quinquealatus
Others in Ottelia
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