Hydrocharitaceae
Ducklettuce
Ottelia alismoides
- Family
- Hydrocharitaceae
- Genus
- Ottelia
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Common names
By language (9)
- Arabic
- أوتليا مزمارية, اذن الشيطان, لقمة القاضي
- Bangla
- পানিকলা
- cdo
- Liék-siĕk-chāu
- Chinese
- 水車前草, 水车前草, 水白菜, 水车前, 龙舌草
- English
- Ducklettuce, Duck-Lettuce, Waterplantain ottelia, Water plantain
- Japanese
- ミズオオバコ, ブートティア・アラタ, ブートティア・ボディニエーリ
- Korean
- 물질경이
- Malayalam
- ഒട്ടെലിയ അലിസ്മോയിഡെസ്
- Thai
- สันตะวาใบพาย
Synonyms
- Boottia alata Gagnep.
- Boottia bodinieri (H.Lév. & Vaniot) H.Lév. & Vaniot
- Boottia lanceolata Gagnep.
- Boottia thorelii Gagnep.
- Damasonium alismoides (L.) R.Br.
- Damasonium indicum Willd.
- Damasonium javanicum Blume
- Damasonium lactucifolium Planch.
- Damasonium lancifolium C.Presl
- Damasonium timorense Zipp. ex Span.
- Damasonium tranquebariense Schult.f.
- Hydrocharis bodinieri H.Lév. & Vaniot
- Hymenotheca latifolia Salisb.
- Ottelia alata (Gagnep.) H.Li
- Ottelia alismoides f. lacustris Kom.
- Ottelia alismoides f. oryzetorum Kom.
- Ottelia alismoides var. cordifolia Kuntze
- Ottelia alismoides var. javanica (Blume) Kuntze
- Ottelia alismoides var. lacustris (Kom.) Kitag.
- Ottelia alismoides var. lanceolata Kuntze
- Ottelia alismoides var. oryzetorum (Kom.) Kitag.
- Ottelia bodinieri (H.Lév. & Vaniot) Dandy
- Ottelia condorensis Gagnep.
- Ottelia dioecia S.Z.Yan
- Ottelia ensiformis Blanco
- Ottelia hoffmeisteri Klotzsch
- Ottelia indica (Willd.) Planch. ex Dalzell & A.Gibson
- Ottelia japonica Miq.
- Ottelia javanica (Blume) Voigt
- Ottelia lactucifolia (Planch.) Walp.
- Ottelia lanceolata (Gagnep.) Dandy
- Ottelia philippinensis Ostenf.
- Ottelia thorelii (Gagnep.) Dandy
- Stratiotes alismoides L.
- Stratiotes quinquealatus Stokes
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Fan Wen, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Show_ryu, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Show_ryu, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Show_ryu, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Show_ryu, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Meneerke bloem, 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.