Hydrocharitaceae
Canadian waterweed
Elodea canadensis
- Family
- Hydrocharitaceae
- Genus
- Elodea
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Canadian waterweed
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: introduced, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Dustin Snider, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dustin Snider, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 10:50, 30 December 2005, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Radio Tonreg from Vienna, Austria, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ursus sapien, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ihor Panas, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Elodea
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- Elodea heterostemonHydrocharitaceae
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Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.