Pteridaceae
Watersprite
Ceratopteris thalictroides
- Family
- Pteridaceae
- Genus
- Ceratopteris
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Common names
By language (12)
- Bangla
- ক্ষুদে ঢেকিশাক, পানিশাক
- Belarusian
- Вадзяная папараць, Вадзяная капуста, Цэратоптэрыс пылюшнікавы
- Bulgarian
- Плаваща водна папрат
- Chinese
- 水蕨
- English
- Watersprite, Indian fern, Oriental waterfern, Water fern, Water hornfern, Water sprite
- Finnish
- Vesisaniainen, Sumatransaniainen
- Indonesian
- Paku rawa, Pakis rawa, Pakis-pakisan
- Japanese
- ミズワラビ, ウォータースプライト, ウォーター・スプライト, 水蕨
- Polish
- Różdżyca rutewkowata
- Sundanese
- Paku cai
- Thai
- กูดเขากวาง
- Ukrainian
- Цератоптерис рутвицеподібний
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: native, Pacific Basin: native, Puerto Rico: native
Photos
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Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Renjusplace, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Renjusplace, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification 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.