Plantaginaceae
Welsh mudwort
Limosella australis
- Family
- Plantaginaceae
- Genus
- Limosella
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Welsh mudwort
- Welsh
- Lleidlys Cymreig
Synonyms
- Limosella americana Glück
- Limosella americana f. natans Glück
- Limosella americana f. terrestris Glück
- Limosella aquatica f. natans Glück
- Limosella aquatica f. terrestris Glück
- Limosella aquatica subsp. tenuifolia (J.P.Wolff) Pers.
- Limosella aquatica var. americana Glück
- Limosella aquatica var. tenuifolia (Wolfg. ex Hoffm.) Hook.f.
- Limosella brachystema Raf.
- Limosella coerulea Burch.
- Limosella lineata Glück
- Limosella lineata f. natans Glück
- Limosella lineata f. submersa Glück
- Limosella lineata f. terrestris Glück
- Limosella lineata var. brevistylis Glück
- Limosella lineata var. spathulata Glück
- Limosella maritima Raf.
- Limosella minuta Dinter & Suess.
- Limosella monticola Dinter
- Limosella subulata E.Ives
- Limosella subulata f. maritima Pennell
- Limosella subulata f. submersa Glück
- Limosella subulata f. terrestris Glück
- Ygramela maritima (Raf.) Raf.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
Photo: Miguel de Salas, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Denéa Buckingham, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Lorraine Phelan, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Lorraine Phelan, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Lorraine Phelan, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Miguel de Salas, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Chris Lindorff, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Chris Lindorff, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Chris Lindorff, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Étienne Lacroix-Carignan, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Étienne Lacroix-Carignan, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Étienne Lacroix-Carignan, CC0, 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.