Alismataceae
Floating water-plantain
Luronium natans
- Family
- Alismataceae
- Genus
- Luronium
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Common names
By language (10)
- Czech
- Žabníček vzplývavý
- Danish
- Vandranke
- Dutch
- Drijvende waterweegbree
- English
- Floating water-plantain
- French
- Flûteau nageant
- German
- Schwimmendes Froschkraut, Schwimmlöffel
- Polish
- Elisma
- Russian
- Лурониум плавающий, Частуха плавающая
- Spanish
- Elisma, Nectalisma
- Swedish
- Flytsvalting, Luronimum natans
Synonyms
- Alisma diversifolium Gilib.
- Alisma natans L.
- Alisma natans var. repens Rchb.
- Alisma natans var. reptans Rouy
- Alisma natans var. sparganiifolium Fr.
- Damasonium natans (L.) Chaz.
- Echinodorus natans (L.) Engelm.
- Echinodorus natans f. repens Asch. & Graebn.
- Echinodorus natans subvar. parvulus Asch. & Graebn.
- Echinodorus natans subvar. plantaginifolius Asch. & Graebn.
- Echinodorus natans var. repens Rchb.
- Elisma natans (L.) Buchenau
- Elisma natans f. fluitans Buchenau
- Elisma natans f. repens Buchenau
- Elisma natans f. sparganiifolium (Fr.) Glück
- Elisma natans f. terrestris Glück
- Elisma natans subvar. parvulum Asch. & Graebn.
- Elisma natans subvar. plantaginifolium Asch. & Graebn.
- Elisma natans var. repens (Rchb.) Asch. & Graebn.
- Elisma natans var. sparganiifolium (Fr.) Asch. & Graebn.
- Elisma natans var. terrestre (Glück) Hegi
- Nectalisma natans (L.) Fourr.
Flowers
- In flower
- May, July to September (from 11 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Flavien Saboureau, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Piotr Panek, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Christian Fischer, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: fmunoz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jakub093, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: fmunoz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Tristan Hatton-Ellis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andre Hosper, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Morris, Liz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Le Mao, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Morris, Liz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Grzegorz Grzejszczak, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
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.