Crassulaceae
Water pygmyweed
Crassula aquatica
- Family
- Crassulaceae
- Genus
- Crassula
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Common names
By language (16)
- Arabic
- كرسول مائي
- arz
- كرسول مائى
- Belarusian
- Тылея вадзяная, Тылея водная
- Chinese
- 东爪草, 丽江东爪草, 云南东爪草, 雲南東爪草
- Czech
- Masnice vodní
- English
- Water pygmyweed
- Estonian
- Vesikas
- Finnish
- Vesipaunikko, Paunikko
- German
- Wasser-Dickblatt
- hsb
- Wódna tołsćinka
- Icelandic
- Vatnsögn
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Firling - planteart
- Polish
- Uwroć wodna, Grubosz wodny
- Russian
- Тиллея водная, Тиллея водяная, Толстянка водная
- Swedish
- Fyrling
- Welsh
- Corchwyn
Synonyms
- Bulliarda aquatica (L.) DC.
- Bulliarda linnaei Spreng.
- Bulliarda prostrata DC.
- Bulliarda schkuhrii Spreng.
- Crassula schkuhrii Roth
- Hydrophila aquatica (L.) House
- Tillaea abyssinica Walp.
- Tillaea angustifolia Nutt.
- Tillaea angustifolia var. bolanderi S.Watson
- Tillaea aquatica L.
- Tillaea ascendens Eaton
- Tillaea bolanderi (S.Watson) Greene
- Tillaea drummondii var. bolanderi (S.Watson) Jeps.
- Tillaea likiangensis H.Chuang
- Tillaea pringlei (Rose) V.V.Byalt
- Tillaea prostrata Schkuhr
- Tillaea simplex Nutt.
- Tillaea yunnanensis Fu
- Tillaeastrum aquaticum (L.) Britton
- Tillaeastrum pringlei Rose
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
Photo: Hörður Kristinsson from Eyjafjarðarsveit, Island, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cavan Allen & Wesley Knapp, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ron Vanderhoff, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.