Plantaginaceae
Common mare's-tail
Hippuris vulgaris
- Family
- Plantaginaceae
- Genus
- Hippuris
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Common names
By language (11)
- Belarusian
- Звычайны хвосьнік
- Chinese
- 分枝杉叶藻, 杉叶藻, 螺旋杉叶藻
- Czech
- Prustka obecná
- Dutch
- Lidsteng
- English
- Common mare's-tail
- Finnish
- Lamparevesikuusi
- French
- Pesse deau
- German
- Gewöhnlicher Tannenwedel, Tannenwedel, Gemeiner Tannenwedel
- Italian
- Coda di cavallo acquatica
- Russian
- Водная сосенка, Конехвостник, Конский хвост, Сосенка
- Swedish
- Hästsvansört, Kärrgran, Ledgräs, Ledört, Vattengran
Synonyms
- Caullinia hippuroides Raf.
- Hippuris eschscholtxii Cham. ex Ledeb.
- Hippuris eschscholtzii Cham. ex Ledeb.
- Hippuris fluitans Lilj. ex Hising.
- Hippuris fluviatilis Hoffm.
- Hippuris generalis E.H.L.Krause
- Hippuris melanocarpa N.Semenova
- Hippuris palustris Gorter
- Hippuris polyphylla Raf.
- Hippuris spiralis D.Yu
- Hippuris tetraphylla f. lacunarum Dutilly & Lepage
- Hippuris verticillata Gilib.
- Hippuris vulgaris f. lacunarum (Dutilly & Lepage) Lepage
- Hippuris vulgaris f. litoralis H.Lindb.
- Hippuris vulgaris f. vulgaris
- Hippuris vulgaris var. demersa Gray
- Hippuris vulgaris var. fluitans Hartm.
- Hippuris vulgaris var. fluviatilis (Hoffm.) Mérat
- Hippuris vulgaris var. fluviatilis Coss. & Germ.
- Hippuris vulgaris var. gigantea Zalewski
- Hippuris vulgaris var. maritima (Haller f.) W.D.J.Koch
- Hippuris vulgaris var. ramificans D.Yu
- Hippuris vulgaris var. vulgaris
- Limnopeuce vulgaris Vaillant ex Greene
Flowers
- In flower
- May to August (from 46 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- green (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Flavien Saboureau, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Andreas Schneider, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Henrik Kibak, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Hilary Rose Dawson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: André Karwath aka Aka, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Игорь Загребин, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Rl, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jacek Pietruszewski, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tatiana Strus, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thomas Ebner, 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.