Poaceae
Southern watergrass
Luziola fluitans
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Luziola
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Luziola fluitansPoaceae
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Southern watergrass
Synonyms
- Hydrochloa carolinensis P.Beauv.
- Hydrochloa carolinensis var. oconneri R.Guzmán
- Hydrochloa caroliniensis var. caroliniensis
- Hydrochloa fluitans (Michx.) Torr.
- Hydropyrum fluitans (Michx.) Kunth
- Luziola carolinensis (P.Beauv.) Raspail
- Luziola caroliniana Trin. ex Steud.
- Luziola caroliniensis (P.Beauv.) Raspail
- Luziola fluitans var. fluitans
- Luziola fluitans var. oconneri (R.Guzmán) G.C.Tucker
- Zizania fluitans Michx.
- Zizania natans P.Beauv.
- Zizania nutans Steud.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
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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.