Poaceae
Water whorlgrass
Catabrosa aquatica
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Catabrosa
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Common names
By language (23)
- Arabic
- قطبروس مائي
- arz
- كاتابروزا اكواتيكا
- Belarusian
- Паручайніца вадзяная
- Bulgarian
- Воден ручейник
- Catalan
- Catabrose aquatique
- Chinese
- 沿沟草, 沿溝草, 木麻黄种子, 窄沿沟草, 窄沿溝草, 長穎沿溝草, 长颖沿沟草
- Croatian
- Vodena slatka trava
- Czech
- Odemka vodní
- Danish
- Dynd-Tæppegræs
- Dutch
- Watergras
- English
- Water whorlgrass, Water whorl-grass, Whorl-grass
- Estonian
- Vesi-tarnhein
- Finnish
- Vesihilpi
- French
- Catabrose aquatique
- German
- Quellgras, Zartes Quellgras, Catabrose aquatique
- Latvian
- Ūdens avotene
- Lithuanian
- Catabrose aquatique
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Kildegress
- Persian
- علف جویبار
- Polish
- Brodobrzanka wodna
- Russian
- Поручейница водная, Поручейница водяная
- Swedish
- Källgräs, Catabrose aquatique
- Welsh
- Brigwellt troellennog
Synonyms
- Agrostis tillierii Willd. ex Steud.
- Aira aquatica L.
- Aira aquatica var. duplicata Chaub.
- Aira aquatica var. multiplicata Chaub.
- Aira aquatica var. ochroleuca (Dumort.) Lej.
- Aira scabra Zuccagni
- Aira viridula Poir.
- Catabrosa airoides Chevall.
- Catabrosa angusta (Stapf) L.Liu
- Catabrosa aquatica f. latifolia (Heuff.) Soó
- Catabrosa aquatica f. schurii Soó
- Catabrosa aquatica f. uniflora (Gray) Holmb.
- Catabrosa aquatica f. zapalowiczii Soó
- Catabrosa aquatica subsp. aquatica
- Catabrosa aquatica subsp. capusii (Franch.) Tzvelev
- Catabrosa aquatica subsp. ochroleuca (Dumort.) Nyman
- Catabrosa aquatica subsp. pseudairoides (J.Herrm.) Tzvelev
- Catabrosa aquatica var. angusta Stapf
- Catabrosa aquatica var. aquatica
- Catabrosa aquatica var. atrata Tzvelev
- Catabrosa aquatica var. chionophila Post
- Catabrosa aquatica var. laurentiana Fernald
- Catabrosa aquatica var. littoralis Parn.
- Catabrosa aquatica var. major Peterm.
- Catabrosa aquatica var. minor Bab.
- Catabrosa aquatica var. pamirensis Maslenn. & Ovcz.
- Catabrosa aquatica var. subtilis Andersson
- Catabrosa aquatica var. terrestris Meinsh.
- Catabrosa aquatica var. uniflora Gray
- Catabrosa atrata (Tzvelev) Tzvelev
- Catabrosa capusii Franch.
- Catabrosa elbursensis Bornm. & Gauba
- Catabrosa kneuckeri Tzvelev
- Catabrosa minor (Bab.) Tzvelev
- Catabrosa ochroleuca Dumort.
- Catabrosa pseudairoides (J.Herrm.) Tzvelev
- Catabrosa scabra (Zuccagni) Kunth
- Catabrosa sikkimensis Stapf
- Catabrosa viridula (Poir.) Roem. & Schult.
- Catapodium aquaticum Willk.
and 25 more.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, 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.