Droseraceae
Waterwheel
Aldrovanda vesiculosa
- Family
- Droseraceae
- Genus
- Aldrovanda
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Common names
By language (27)
- Arabic
- ناعورة
- arz
- ناعوره
- Bangla
- মল্লিকা ঝাঁঝি
- Belarusian
- Альдраванда пухіраватая, Альдраванда пузырчатая
- Bulgarian
- Алдрованда, Жлезиста алдрованда
- Chinese
- 囊泡貉藻, 貉藻
- Croatian
- Mjehurasta vodena stupica
- Czech
- Aldrovandka měchýřkatá
- Dutch
- Watervliegenval
- English
- Waterwheel, Waterwheel plant, Common aldrovanda
- German
- Wasserfalle
- Hungarian
- Aldrovanda, Lápi aldrovanda
- Indonesian
- Tanaman kincir air
- Japanese
- ムジナモ
- Korean
- 벌레먹이말
- li
- Watervlegevenger
- Lithuanian
- Pūslėtoji aldrūnė
- Macedonian
- Водениче
- Malay
- Pokok kincir air
- Persian
- آلدرواندا وسیکلوسا
- Polish
- Aldrowanda pęcherzykowata
- Russian
- Альдрованда пузырчатая, Альдрованда пузырьковая
- Serbian
- Водена ступица, Алдрованда везикулоза, Мехураста водена ступица
- Slovak
- Aldrovandka pľuzgierkatá
- Turkish
- Su çarkı, Su çarkı bitkisi
- Ukrainian
- Альдрованда пухирчаста
- Vietnamese
- Rong ăn thịt
Synonyms
- Aldrovanda generalis E.H.L.Krause
- Aldrovanda verticillata Roxb.
- Aldrovanda vesiculosa var. australis Darwin
- Aldrovanda vesiculosa var. duriaei Casp.
- Aldrovanda vesiculosa var. rubescens A.T.Cross & Adamec
- Aldrovanda vesiculosa var. verticillata (Roxb.) Darwin
- Drosera aldrovanda F.Muell.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jason K., CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Robert Taylor, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Robert Taylor, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Robert Taylor, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Robert Taylor, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: National Geographic Okavango Wilderness Project, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.