Hydrocharitaceae
Holly-leaved naiad
Najas marina
- Family
- Hydrocharitaceae
- Genus
- Najas
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Common names
By language (13)
- Catalan
- Grande Naïade
- Chinese
- 大茨藻
- Czech
- Řečanka přímořská, Řečanka pomořská
- Dutch
- Groot nimfkruid
- English
- Holly-leaved naiad, Spiny naiad
- Estonian
- Meri-näkirohi
- Finnish
- Merinäkinruoho
- French
- Grande naïade
- German
- Grosses Nixenkraut, Großes Nixenkraut, Großes Nixkraut, Grande Naïade, Meer-Nixenkraut, Meernixenkraut
- Lithuanian
- Grande Naïade
- Russian
- Наяда большая
- Swedish
- Grande Naïade
- Ukrainian
- Наяда морська
Synonyms
- Najas gracilis Morong
- Najas marina var. angustifolia A.Braun
- Najas marina var. genuina K.Schum.
- Najas marina var. latifolia A.Braun
- Najas marina var. marina
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Вячеслав Юсупов, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 08:57, 11 October 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wouter Van Landuyt, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Andre Hosper, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Traper Bemowski, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Grzegorz Grzejszczak, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ruppia2000, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Karim Haddad, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Roman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Millie Basden, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.