Ceratophyllaceae
Soft hornwort
Ceratophyllum submersum
- Family
- Ceratophyllaceae
- Genus
- Ceratophyllum
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Common names
By language (27)
- Arabic
- بشت القرد, بَشْت القِرد, حامُول الماء, شمبلان غارق, حامول, حامول الماء, حامول المياه
- arz
- شمبلان غارق
- Belarusian
- Рагаліснік напаўапушчаны
- Bulgarian
- Потопен роголистник
- Catalan
- Cératophylle Submergé
- Chinese
- 细金鱼藻
- Croatian
- Mekana voščika
- Czech
- Růžkatec bradavčitý, Růžkatec potopený
- Danish
- Tornløs Hornblad
- Dutch
- Fijn hoornblad
- English
- Soft hornwort
- Estonian
- Sile kardhein
- Finnish
- Hentokarvalehti
- French
- Cératophylle submergé
- German
- Zartes Hornblatt, Cératophylle Submergé
- Hebrew
- קרנן טבול
- hsb
- Hładki rohačk
- Japanese
- セイロンマツモ
- Lithuanian
- Gležnalapė nertis, Cératophylle Submergé
- Persian
- علف شاخی شناور
- Polish
- Rogatek krótkoszyjkowy
- Romanian
- Cosor
- Russian
- Роголистник полупогружённый
- Slovenian
- Mehki rogolist
- Spanish
- Hierba Laguna
- Swedish
- Vårtsärv, Cératophylle Submergé
- Welsh
- Cyrnddail meddal
Synonyms
- Ceratophyllum submersum subsp. submersum
Photos
FruitPhoto: Salza Palpurina, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Francesco Santoro, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ewen Cameron, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J. Drzewiecka, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ewen Cameron, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Oleksandr Shynder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Francesco Santoro, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nicola Crockford, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Lars Emil S. Feldager Hansen, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sarka Masova, 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); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.