Hydrocharitaceae
West Indian spongeplant
Hydrocharis laevigata
- Family
- Hydrocharitaceae
- Genus
- Hydrocharis
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Common names
By language (7)
- Chinese
- 水鬼花, 美洲水鼈, 美洲水鳖
- English
- West Indian spongeplant
- German
- Südamerikanischer Froschbiss
- Hungarian
- Amazonasi békatutaj
- Indonesian
- Amazon Frogbit
- Japanese
- アマゾントチカガミ
- Persian
- چتر نرم قورباغه
Synonyms
- Hydrocharella echinospora Spruce ex Benth. & Hook.f.
- Hydrocharis stolonifera (G.Mey.) Kuntze
- Hydromystria laevigata (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Hunz.
- Hydromystria sinclairii (Benth.) Hauman
- Hydromystria stolonifera G.Mey.
- Jalambicea repens Cerv.
- Limnobium bogotense Delay
- Limnobium bogotense (H.Karst.) G.Nicholson
- Limnobium laevigatum (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Heine
- Limnobium sinclairii Benth.
- Limnobium spongia subsp. laevigatum (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Lowden
- Limnobium stoloniferum (G.Mey.) Griseb.
- Trianea bogotensis H.Karst.
- Trianea neovisae Romero
Flowers
- In flower
- February to May, July to December (from 39 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
Photo: monibgarcia2, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.