Primulaceae
Water violet
Hottonia palustris
- Family
- Primulaceae
- Genus
- Hottonia
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Common names
By language (27)
- Arabic
- هوتونيا مستنقعية
- arz
- هوتونيا بالستريس
- Belarusian
- Вадаперыца балотная
- Bulgarian
- Блатна перушина
- Catalan
- Hottonie des marais
- Chinese
- 水堇
- Czech
- Žebratka bahenní, Žebernatka bahenní
- Danish
- Almindelig Vandrøllike
- Dutch
- Waterviolier
- English
- Water violet, Featherfoil
- Estonian
- Harilik vesisulg, Vesisulg
- Finnish
- Vesisulka
- French
- Hottonie des marais
- German
- Wasserfeder, Hottonie des marais, Wasserprimel
- hsb
- Bahnowa jabrica
- Hungarian
- Békaliliom
- Irish
- Cleiteán uisce
- Japanese
- ウォーターヴァイオレット, ウォーターバイオレット, ミズスミレ
- Latvian
- Purva sermulīte
- Lithuanian
- Hottonie des marais
- Polish
- Okrężnica bagienna
- Russian
- Турча болотная
- Serbian
- Ребратица
- Slovak
- Perutník močiarny
- Slovenian
- Vodna grebenika
- Swedish
- Vattenblink, Hottonie des marais
- Welsh
- Pluddail y dŵr
Synonyms
- Androsace aquatica [Clairv.]
- Breviglandium palustre Dulac
- Hottonia millefolium Gilib.
- Hottonia palustris var. rosea Gray
Flowers
- In flower
- May to June (from 387 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Jens-Christian Svenning, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Roland Gromes, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Y. Liu, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Victor Brans, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: chiuluan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Анна Рыбакова, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Marco Schmidt, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: b.gliwa, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Maria, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Radio Tonreg from Vienna, Austria, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Anastasia Titovets, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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). About our plant data.