Cabombaceae
Carolina fanwort
Cabomba caroliniana
- Family
- Cabombaceae
- Genus
- Cabomba
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Common names
By language (19)
- Arabic
- كبمبة كارولينية, كابومبا كارولينية
- arz
- كابومبا كارولينيه
- Belarusian
- Кабомба каралінская
- Bulgarian
- Кабомба каролинска
- Chinese
- 白花穗蓴, 水盾草, 竹节水松
- Czech
- Kabomba karolínská, Chebule karolínská
- English
- Carolina fanwort
- Estonian
- Karoliina näkijuus
- Finnish
- Karkeaviuhkalehti
- German
- Karolina-Haarnixe
- Hungarian
- Karolinai tündérhínár
- Japanese
- ハゴロモモ
- Malayalam
- കബൊംബ കരൊലിനിയാന, മുള്ളൻ പായൽ
- Persian
- کابومبا سبز
- Polish
- Kabomba karolińska
- Russian
- Кабомба каролинская
- Swedish
- Kabomba
- Vietnamese
- Rong lá ngò, La hán xanh, Tiềm liên
- Welsh
- Tarian-y-dŵr Carolina
Synonyms
- Nectris caroliniana (A.Gray) Steud.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to October (from 156 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Amber M. King, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Joseph Aubert, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ingolf Askevold, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: കാക്കര, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Sorrells, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jade Fortnash, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: David Weisenbeck, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, 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.