Salviniaceae
Pacific mosquitofern
Azolla filiculoides
- Family
- Salviniaceae
- Genus
- Azolla
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Common names
By language (19)
- Bulgarian
- Обикновена азола
- Chinese
- 細葉滿江紅, 细叶满江红, 细绿苹, 蕨状满江红, 日本滿江紅
- Czech
- Azola americká
- Dutch
- Grote kroosvaren
- English
- Pacific mosquitofern, Duckweed fern, Large mosquito fern, Water fern
- Finnish
- Limaskasaniainen
- French
- Azolla
- German
- Großer Algenfarn, Grosser Algenfarn
- Hungarian
- Nagylevelű moszatpáfrány
- Irish
- Raithneach uisce
- Japanese
- ニシノオオアカウキクサ, オオアカウキクサ
- Korean
- 큰물개구리밥
- Lithuanian
- Šakotoji azolė
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Andematbregne
- Persian
- آزولا
- Polish
- Azola drobna
- Russian
- Азолла папоротниковидная
- Serbian
- Azola
- Welsh
- Rhedynen y dŵr
Synonyms
- Azolla arbuscula Desv.
- Azolla japonica Franch. & Sav.
- Azolla magellanica Willd.
- Azolla pinnata var. japonica Franch. & Sav.
- Azolla squamosa Molina
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: introduced, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kevin Thiele from Perth, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: bruneau.pi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Jonathan Haars, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Annick DESCHAMPS, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Andre Hosp NL, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Gerd, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Amelia Tauber, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Vianney Franssens, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Amelia Tauber, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Cedric Yhuel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Don Loarie, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.