Cabombaceae
Watershield
Brasenia schreberi
- Family
- Cabombaceae
- Genus
- Brasenia
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Common names
By language (9)
- Chinese
- 莼菜, 蒓菜, 蓴, 水案板, 莼, 蓴菜
- English
- Watershield, Water shield, Water-shield
- Japanese
- ジュンサイ
- Korean
- 순채
- lzh
- 蓴
- Persian
- براسنیا
- Polish
- Płoczyniec
- Portuguese
- Brasenia
- wuu
- 蓴菜
Synonyms
- Barteria africana Welw.
- Brasenia hydropeltis Muhl.
- Brasenia nymphoides Baill.
- Brasenia pelta Casp.
- Brasenia peltata Pursh
- Brasenia purpurea (Michx.) Casp.
- Cabomba peltata F.Muell.
- Hydropeltis pulla Salisb.
- Hydropeltis purpurea Michx.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
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.