Alismataceae
Mudbabies
Helanthium tenellum
- Family
- Alismataceae
- Genus
- Helanthium
Pet and kid safety: not checked yet. Check pet-safe plants
Is yours looking unwell? Scan your plant — free
Common names
By language (6)
- Arabic
- اكيندوروس تينليس
- arz
- اكيندوروس تينليس
- Chinese
- 匍茎慈姑, 针叶皇冠
- English
- Mudbabies
- German
- Grasartige Schwertpflanze, Zarte Schwertpflanze
- Russian
- Эхинодорус нежный, Амазонка карликовая, Карликовая амазонка
Synonyms
- Alisma ranunculoides var. brasiliense A.St.-Hil.
- Alisma tenellum Mart. ex Schult.f.
- Echinodorus parvulus Engelm.
- Echinodorus parvulus f. randii Fassett
- Echinodorus subulatus (L.) Engelm. ex A.Gray
- Echinodorus subulatus Engelm.
- Echinodorus tenellus (Mart. ex Schult.f.) Buchenau
- Echinodorus tenellus f. randii Fassett
- Echinodorus tenellus var. ecostatus Fassett
- Echinodorus tenellus var. parvulus (Engelm.) Fassett
- Helanthium parvulum Small
- Helanthium parvulum Small
- Helanthium parvulum (Engelm.) Small
- Sagittaria tenella (Mart. ex Schult.f.) Kuntze
Flowers
- In flower
- June, August, October (from 10 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Nicolas Olejnik, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: mfeaver, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Nathan Aaron, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ryan Sorrells, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Fabrício Mil Homens Riella, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: vinicius_s_domingues, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: William G. Borges, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Leila Dasher, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: vinicius_s_domingues, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: vinicius_s_domingues, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alina Martin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: John Kees, CC0, from iNaturalist
More in Helanthium
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). About our plant data.