Hydrocharitaceae
Ricefield waternymph
Najas graminea
- Family
- Hydrocharitaceae
- Genus
- Najas
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Common names
By language (9)
- Arabic
- نجا عشبية
- arz
- نجا عشبيه
- Chinese
- 拂尾藻, 草茨藻, 塵尾澡
- English
- Ricefield waternymph
- French
- Naja de Graminée, Naïade Graminée
- Japanese
- ホッスモ
- Korean
- 나자스말
- Persian
- تیزک گندمی
- Thai
- สาหร่ายเส้นด้าย
Synonyms
- Caulinia graminea (Delile) Tzvelev
- Najas graminea var. delilei Magnus
- Najas seminuda Griff.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Show_ryu, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.