Asteraceae
Buffalo spinach
Enydra fluctuans
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Enydra
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Common names
By language (10)
- Assamese
- হেলচী
- Bangla
- হেলেঞ্চা
- Burmese
- ကနဖော့
- Chinese
- 沼菊
- English
- Buffalo spinach, Buffalo-Spinach, Water cress, Water spinach
- French
- Enhydra fluctuan
- Italian
- Enhydra fluctuan
- Odia
- ହିଳମୋଚା
- Spanish
- Enhydra fluctuan
- Vietnamese
- Ngổ trâu, Cúc nước, Ngổ cộng, Rau ngổ trâu, Rau ngổ đắng
Synonyms
- Cryphiospermum repens P.Beauv.
- Enydra heloncha DC.
- Enydra hingcha Voigt
- Enydra linifolia DC. ex Sch.Bip.
- Enydra longifolia DC.
- Enydra woollsii F.Muell.
- Phyllimena longifolia Blume ex DC.
- Phyllimena paludosa Blume ex DC.
- Tetraotis longifolia Blume
- Tetraotis longifolia Reinw.
- Tetraotis paludosa Reinw. ex Blume
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Agustina Collazo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: http://intensedebate.com/people/mukulghosh, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrés González, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Eduardo Luis Beltrocco, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Marien Béguelin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sebastián Lovera, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hugo Hulsberg, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Nicolas Olejnik, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Rocío Esmeralda Pose, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Eduardo Luis Beltrocco, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Patrice Dupont, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Rocío Esmeralda Pose, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.