Potamogetonaceae
Little-leaf pondweed
Potamogeton cristatus
- Family
- Potamogetonaceae
- Genus
- Potamogeton
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 冠果眼子菜, 小叶眼子菜, 水竹叶, 眼子菜, 眼子菜根, 鸡冠眼子菜
- English
- Little-leaf pondweed
- Japanese
- コバノヒルムシロ
- Korean
- 가는가래
Synonyms
- Potamogeton iwatensis Makino
Photos
Photo: Ruppia2000, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Show ryu, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ruppia2000, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Potamogeton
- Broad-leaved pondweedPotamogeton natansPotamogetonaceae
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- Claspingleaf pondweedPotamogeton perfoliatusPotamogetonaceae
- Shining pondweedPotamogeton lucensPotamogetonaceae
- Bog pondweedPotamogeton polygonifoliusPotamogetonaceae
- Long-stalked pondweedPotamogeton praelongusPotamogetonaceae
- Alpine pondweedPotamogeton alpinusPotamogetonaceae
- Variableleaf pondweedPotamogeton gramineusPotamogetonaceae
- Loddon pondweedPotamogeton nodosusPotamogetonaceae
- Blunt-leaved pondweedPotamogeton obtusifoliusPotamogetonaceae
- Small pondweedPotamogeton pusillusPotamogetonaceae
- Sharp-leaved pondweedPotamogeton acutifoliusPotamogetonaceae
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). About our plant data.