Hydrocharitaceae
Brittle naiad
Najas minor
- Family
- Hydrocharitaceae
- Genus
- Najas
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Common names
By language (19)
- Arabic
- نجا صغيرة
- Armenian
- Ջրահարս փոքր
- arz
- نجا صغيره
- Belarusian
- Каўлінія малая, Наяда малая
- Bulgarian
- Малка русалка
- Catalan
- Petite naïade
- Chinese
- 小茨藻
- Czech
- Řečanka menší, Řečanečka menší
- Dutch
- Klein nimfkruid
- English
- Brittle naiad, Brittle waternymph, Slender naiad, Brittle water nymph, Spiny leaf naiad
- French
- Petite naïade, Naïade mineure
- German
- Kleines Nixenkraut, Kleines Nixkraut, Petite naïade
- hsb
- Mała rěčnička
- Japanese
- トリゲモ
- Lithuanian
- Mažasis plukenis
- Persian
- تیزک صغیر
- Polish
- Jezierza mniejsza
- Russian
- Наяда малая, Каулиния малая
- Swedish
- Petite naïade
Synonyms
- Caulinia fragilis Willd.
- Caulinia minor (All.) Coss. & Germ.
- Fluvialis minor (All.) Pers.
- Ittnera minor (All.) C.C.Gmel.
- Najas dichotoma Roxb.
- Najas fragilis (Willd.) Delile
- Najas minor f. intermedia (Ces.) Bolzon
- Najas minor var. intermedia Ces.
- Najas minor var. longifolia R.Corti
- Najas minor var. spinosa Rendle
- Najas moshanensis N.Z.Wang
- Najas subulata Thuill.
- Najas ternata Roxb. ex Griff.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- green (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Grzegorz Grzejszczak, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: smpbiologist-rcurtis, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Danilo Trombin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Игорь Васильев, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: smpbiologist-rcurtis, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: KP Laer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: arthur_haendler, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Summit Metro Parks, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: gonzalez fernando, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: arthur_haendler, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Harald Beyer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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- Thin-leaved naiadNajas tenuifoliaHydrocharitaceae
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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.