Potamogetonaceae

Curled pondweed

Potamogeton crispus L.

Family: Potamogetonaceae
Genus: Potamogeton

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Curled pondweed (Potamogeton crispus) — Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (29)

Arabic: لسان النهر مُجعد الأوراق, جار النهر متموج الأوراق, قريب النهر مُجعد الأوراق
Belarusian: Урэчнік кучаравы
Bulgarian: Къдрав ръждавец
Catalan: Llapó fullat
Chinese: 菹草, 馬藻, 虾藻, 马藻
Czech: Rdest kadeřavý
Dutch: Gekroesd fonteinkruid
English: Curled pondweed, Curly pondweed, Curly-leaf pondweed
Estonian: Kähar penikeel
Finnish: Poimuvita
French: Potamot crépu, Potamot crepu, Potamot à feuilles crépues
German: Krauses Laichkraut
Hebrew: נהרונית מסולסלת
hsb: Krjózkata dróstnica
Italian: Brasca increspata
Japanese: エビモ
Korean: 말즘
Latvian: Krokainā glīvene
Norwegian Bokmål: Krustjønnaks
Norwegian Nynorsk: Krustjønnaks
Persian: بارهنگ آبی فردار
Polish: Rdestnica kędzierzawa
Romanian: Broscăriță creață
Russian: Рдест курчавый
Slovak: Červenavec kučeravý
Spanish: Rizos de agua
Swedish: Krusnate
Ukrainian: Рдесник кучерявий
Welsh: Dyfrllys crych

Synonyms

Buccaferrea crispata Bubani
Potamogeton austriacus Gand.
Potamogeton concinnitus A.Benn.
Potamogeton crenulatus D.Don
Potamogeton crispatus Wallman ex Rchb.
Potamogeton crispus f. angustifolius Fieber
Potamogeton crispus f. gemmifer Rchb.
Potamogeton crispus f. latifolius Fieber
Potamogeton crispus f. longifolius Fieber
Potamogeton crispus f. serrulatus (Opiz) Schrad. ex Rchb.
Potamogeton crispus f. vulgaris Fieber
Potamogeton crispus subsp. angustifolius Gaudin
Potamogeton crispus var. acutifolius Fieber
Potamogeton crispus var. gemmifer Rchb.
Potamogeton crispus var. laevis Merino
Potamogeton crispus var. macrorrhynchus (Gand.) Asch. & Graebn.
Potamogeton crispus var. najadoides Graebn.
Potamogeton crispus var. obtusifolius Fieber
Potamogeton crispus var. phialiensis Post
Potamogeton crispus var. planifolius Klett & Richt.
Potamogeton crispus var. planifolius G.Mey.
Potamogeton crispus var. serratus Gray
Potamogeton crispus var. serrulatus Schrad. ex Rchb.
Potamogeton crispus var. sinuatus Fr.
Potamogeton hohenackeri Gand.
Potamogeton hungaricus Gand.
Potamogeton lactucaceum Friche-Joset & Montandon
Potamogeton lactucaceum Montandon
Potamogeton leptophyllus Gand.
Potamogeton macrorrhynchus Gand.
Potamogeton notarisii Gand.
Potamogeton pallidior Gand.
Potamogeton rubricans Gand.
Potamogeton rubrinaevus Gand.
Potamogeton serrulatus Opiz
Potamogeton tuberosus Roxb.

Flowers

Flower colour: green (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 14:40, 29 December 2005, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Radio Tonreg from Vienna, Austria, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Leslie J. Mehrhoff, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Leslie J. Mehrhoff, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Leslie J. Mehrhoff, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Leslie J. Mehrhoff, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Leslie J. Mehrhoff, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Leslie J. Mehrhoff, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Kevin Thiele from Perth, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Kevin Thiele from Perth, Australia, CC BY 2.0, 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.