Elatinaceae
Eight-stamened waterwort
Elatine hydropiper
- Family
- Elatinaceae
- Genus
- Elatine
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Common names
By language (20)
- arz
- هيدروببر الاتين
- Belarusian
- Павойнічак сагнутасемянны
- Bulgarian
- Пиперлив надводник
- Chinese
- 马蹄沟繁缕
- Czech
- Úpor peprný
- Dutch
- Klein glaskroos
- English
- Eight-stamened waterwort, Waterwort
- Estonian
- Mõru vesipipar
- Finnish
- Katkeravesirikko
- French
- Poivre d'eau, Élatine poivre-d'eau
- German
- Wasserpfeffer-Tännel, Wasserpfeffertännel
- hsb
- Drobny popjernik
- Hungarian
- Csigásmagvú látonya
- Lithuanian
- Riestasėklė vandenė
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Korsevjeblom
- Polish
- Nadwodnik naprzeciwlistny
- Russian
- Повойничек перечный, Повойничек водноперечный, Повойничек водяной перец, Повойничек согнутосемянный
- Slovenian
- Poprasta jelovka
- Swedish
- Korsslamkrypa
- Welsh
- Gwybybyr wythfrigerog
Synonyms
- Alsinastrum gyrospermum (Fr.) Rupr.
- Alsinastrum octandrum Bubani
- Alsine elatina Crantz
- Elatine conjugata Lam.
- Elatine gyrosperma (Fr.) Meinsh.
- Elatine gyrosperma E.H.L.Krause
- Elatine hardyana Dumort.
- Elatine hexandra prol. major (A.Braun) Rouy & Foucaud
- Elatine hexandra subsp. major (A.Braun) Arcang.
- Elatine hydropiper f. intermedia Seub.
- Elatine hydropiper f. submersa (Hartm.) Seub.
- Elatine hydropiper f. terrestris Seub.
- Elatine hydropiper prol. major (A.Braun) Rouy & Foucaud
- Elatine hydropiper subsp. gyrosperma Fr.
- Elatine hydropiper subsp. orthosperma F.Herm.
- Elatine hydropiper var. emersa Hartm.
- Elatine hydropiper var. gyrosperma (Fr.) Lange
- Elatine hydropiper var. schkuhriana Gaudin
- Elatine hydropiper var. submersa Hartm.
- Elatine major A.Braun
- Elatine majuscula Dumort.
- Elatine nodosa Arn.
- Elatine oederi Moesz
- Elatine paludosa subsp. major (A.Braun) Bonnier & Layens
- Elatine paludosa var. octandra Gren. & Godr.
- Elatine schkuhriana Hayne
- Elatine schkuhriana (Gaudin) Kauffm.
- Elatine serpillifolium Gilib.
- Elatine serpyllifolia Gray
- Elatine siphosperma Dumort.
- Elatine spathulata Gorski
- Elatinella hydropiper (L.) Opiz
- Hydropiper majus (A.Braun) Fourr.
- Potamopitys hydropiper (L.) Kuntze
- Potamopitys major (A.Braun) Kuntze
- Rhizium curvum Dulac
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced
Photos
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 
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
More in Elatine
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- Elatine gratioloidesElatinaceae
- Small waterwortElatine minimaElatinaceae
- Asian waterwortElatine ambiguaElatinaceae
- Southwestern waterwortElatine rubellaElatinaceae
- American waterwortElatine americanaElatinaceae
- Shortseed waterwortElatine brachyspermaElatinaceae
- California waterwortElatine californicaElatinaceae
- Elatine orthospermaElatinaceae
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.