Alismataceae
Yellow velvetleaf
Limnocharis flava
- Family
- Alismataceae
- Genus
- Limnocharis
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Common names
By language (17)
- ban
- Biah-biah
- Bangla
- হলদেপানা
- bjn
- Patiul
- Burmese
- ကနဖော့
- Chinese
- 黃花澤瀉, 黃花藺, 黄花泽泻, 黄花蔺
- Czech
- Žabníkovka žlutá
- English
- Yellow velvetleaf
- iba
- Jinjir
- Indonesian
- Genjer
- Japanese
- キバナオモダカ
- Javanese
- Gènjèr, Genjer
- mad
- Ṭong-cènṭongan
- Malay
- Pokok Keladi Senduk
- shn
- ၽၵ်းၵၢၼ်ႈၵူင်, ၽၵ်းလိၼ်
- Sundanese
- Génjér
- Thai
- ตาลปัตรฤๅษี, ตะละปัดฤๅษี, ผักต้นจอง, ผักพาย
- Vietnamese
- Cù nèo, Kèo nèo
Synonyms
- Alisma flavum L.
- Damasonium flavum (L.) Mill.
- Damasonium maximum Burm. ex Steud.
- Limnocharis emarginata Humb. & Bonpl.
- Limnocharis flava var. indica Buchenau
- Limnocharis plumieri Rich.
Flowers
- In flower
- all year (from 88 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Francisco Farriols Sarabia, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: portioid, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Enrique Martínez Núñez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: pbsg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: renjus box, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: tonyblake, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Prenn, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jiro Iguchi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Vengolis, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.