Cabombaceae
Forked fanwort
Cabomba furcata
- Family
- Cabombaceae
- Genus
- Cabomba
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Common names
By language (9)
- Arabic
- كبمبة متفرعة, كابومبا متفرعة
- arz
- كابومبا متفرعه
- Chinese
- 紅花穗蓴, 红水盾草, 红花穗莼, 红菊花草
- Czech
- Kabomba brazilská
- English
- Forked fanwort
- German
- Gegabelte Haarnixe, Brasilianische Haarnixe, Rote Cabomba, Rötliche Haarnixe
- Persian
- کابومبای قرمز
- Thai
- คาบอมบ้าแดง
- Vietnamese
- La hán đỏ
Synonyms
- Cabomba piauhiensis Gardner
- Cabomba pubescens Ule
- Cabomba warmingii Casp.
- Nectris furcata Leandro ex Schult. & Schult.f.
- Nectris furcata (Schult. & Schult.f.) Leandro ex Steud.
Flowers
- In flower
- March, June to July, September, December (from 20 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: sunnyjosef, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: bernhard_hiller, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Paulo Nogueira, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Paulo Nogueira, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Navaneeth Sini George, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jacek Pietruszewski, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rison Thumboor from Thrissur, India, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rison Thumboor from Thrissur, India, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Whaldener Endo, CC0, from iNaturalist ![Forked fanwort: 紅菊花草 Cabomba piauhyensis [香港公園 Hong Kong Park]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/%E7%B4%85%E8%8F%8A%E8%8A%B1%E8%8D%89_Cabomba_piauhyensis_-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E5%85%AC%E5%9C%92_Hong_Kong_Park-_%289200928562%29.jpg/1280px-%E7%B4%85%E8%8F%8A%E8%8A%B1%E8%8D%89_Cabomba_piauhyensis_-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E5%85%AC%E5%9C%92_Hong_Kong_Park-_%289200928562%29.jpg)
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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.