Ruppia sinensis
Spiral Tasselweed
Ruppia cirrhosa
(Petagna) Grande Species
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- Botanical name
- Ruppia cirrhosa
- Also known as
- Coiled Pondweed, Species Code: Rc, Spiral Ditchgrass, Spiral Tasselweed, Western Ditchgrass, Widgeongrass
- Family
- Ruppiaceae
- Genus
- Ruppia
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Spiral Tasselweed
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Ruppia cirrhosa but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Buccaferrea cirrhosa
Dzieduszyckia limnobis
Ruppia cirrhosa subsp. occidentalis
Ruppia cirrhosa var. truncatifolia
Ruppia lacustris
Ruppia maritima subsp. spiralis
Ruppia maritima var. occidentalis
Ruppia maritima var. pedunculata
Ruppia maritima var. spiralis
Ruppia occidentalis
Ruppia spiralis
Ruppia spiralis
Ruppia truncatifolia
Others in Ruppia
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