Hydrocharitaceae
Oxygen-weed
Lagarosiphon major
- Family
- Hydrocharitaceae
- Genus
- Lagarosiphon
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Common names
By language (7)
- Afrikaans
- Bobbejaantou, Growwe babergras
- Chinese
- 大卷蕴藻, 大富氧草, 捲蜈蚣草
- English
- Oxygen-weed, Coarse oxygen weed, Oxygen weed
- Estonian
- Kähar näkikatk
- Japanese
- クロモモドキ
- Slovenian
- Kodrasta vodna zel
- Welsh
- Ffugalaw crych
Synonyms
- Lagarosiphon muscoides var. major Ridl.
Photos
Photo: Christian Ferrer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Christian Magy, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Dr Mary Gillham Archive Project, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Nico Slob, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Dr Mary Gillham Archive Project, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: René schmitt, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Dr Mary Gillham Archive Project, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dr Mary Gillham Archive Project, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Lorenz Seebauer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Lagarosiphon
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- Lagarosiphon steudneriHydrocharitaceae
- Lagarosiphon verticillifoliusHydrocharitaceae
- Lagarosiphon madagascariensisHydrocharitaceae
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.