Potamogetonaceae
Claspingleaf pondweed
Potamogeton perfoliatus
- Family
- Potamogetonaceae
- Genus
- Potamogeton
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Common names
By language (30)
- Arabic
- لسان النهر ذو أوراق تُحيط بالساق, جار النهر ذو أوراق تُحيط بالساق, قريب النهر ذو أوراق تُحيط بالساق
- Belarusian
- Урэчнік сцеблаабдымны, Рдзест сцеблаабдымны
- Bulgarian
- Стъблеобхващащ ръждавец
- Chinese
- 穿叶眼子菜, 穿葉眼子菜, 抱茎眼子菜, 酸水草
- Czech
- Rdest prorostlý
- Danish
- Hjertebladet vandaks
- Dutch
- Doorgroeid fonteinkruid
- English
- Claspingleaf pondweed, Perfoliate pondweed
- Estonian
- Kaelus-penikeel
- Faroese
- Hjartatjarnaks
- Finnish
- Ahvenvita
- French
- Potamot perfolié, Potamot perfolié, Potamot perfolié, Potamot à feuilles perfoliées, Potamot perfolie
- German
- Durchwachsenes Laichkraut, Stängelumfassendes Laichkraut
- Hebrew
- נהרונית לופתת
- hsb
- Přerosćena dróstnica
- Hungarian
- Hínáros békaszőlő
- Icelandic
- Hjartanykra
- Japanese
- ヒロハノエビモ
- Latvian
- Skaujošā glīvene
- Lithuanian
- Permautalapė plūdė
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Hjertetjønnaks
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Hjartetjønnaks
- Persian
- بارهنگ آبی ساقه محصور
- Polish
- Rdestnica przeszyta
- Romanian
- Broscăriță
- Russian
- Рдест Юзепчука
- Spanish
- Oreja de Liebre
- Swedish
- Ålnate
- Ukrainian
- Рдесник пронизанолистий
- Welsh
- Dyfrllys trydwll
Synonyms
- Buccaferrea amplexicaulis (Kar.) Bubani
- Peltopsis perfoliata (L.) Raf.
- Potamogeton alatofructus A.Benn.
- Potamogeton amplexicaulis Kar.
- Potamogeton bupleuroides Fernald
- Potamogeton fulvus Riddell
- Potamogeton juzepczukii P.I.Dorof. & Tzvelev
- Potamogeton loeselii Honck.
- Potamogeton perfoliatus f. acutifolius Hagstr.
- Potamogeton perfoliatus f. densifolius Tiselius
- Potamogeton perfoliatus f. exornatus Hagstr.
- Potamogeton perfoliatus f. imbecillus Tiselius
- Potamogeton perfoliatus f. longifolius Tiselius
- Potamogeton perfoliatus f. ovatolanceolatus Rchb.
- Potamogeton perfoliatus f. ovatus Rchb.
- Potamogeton perfoliatus f. prolixus Hagstr.
- Potamogeton perfoliatus f. rotundifolius (Wallr.) Rchb.
- Potamogeton perfoliatus f. simplex Tiselius
- Potamogeton perfoliatus f. simplex Tiselius ex Hagstr.
- Potamogeton perfoliatus subsp. bupleuroides (Fernald) R.T.Clausen
- Potamogeton perfoliatus subsp. bupleuroides (Fernald) Hultén
- Potamogeton perfoliatus subsp. perfoliatus
- Potamogeton perfoliatus var. bupleuroides (Fernald) Farw.
- Potamogeton perfoliatus var. densifolius G.Mey.
- Potamogeton perfoliatus var. lacustris Wallman
- Potamogeton perfoliatus var. lanceolatus Blytt
- Potamogeton perfoliatus var. lancifolius Wimm. & Grab.
- Potamogeton perfoliatus var. loeselii (Honck.) Gaudin
- Potamogeton perfoliatus var. macrophyllus Blytt
- Potamogeton perfoliatus var. mandshuriensis A.Benn.
- Potamogeton perfoliatus var. minor F.M.Bailey
- Potamogeton perfoliatus var. muelleri A.Benn.
- Potamogeton perfoliatus var. ovatifolius Wallr.
- Potamogeton perfoliatus var. ovatolanceolatus (Rchb.) Blytt
- Potamogeton perfoliatus var. perfoliatus
- Potamogeton perfoliatus var. rotundifolius Wallr.
- Potamogeton perfoliatus var. typicus Ogden
- Potamogeton praelongus F.Muell.
- Spirillus perfoliatus (L.) Nieuwl.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
Photo: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 08:58, 11 October 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tristan He, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- Small pondweedPotamogeton berchtoldiiPotamogetonaceae
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.