Salviniaceae
Eared watermoss
Salvinia auriculata
- Family
- Salviniaceae
- Genus
- Salvinia
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Common names
By language (6)
- Arabic
- سلوينية أذينية
- arz
- سالفينيا اذينيه
- Belarusian
- Сальвінія вушастая
- Chinese
- 圆槐叶蘋
- English
- Eared watermoss
- Malayalam
- ആഫ്രിക്കൻ പായൽ, African Payal
Synonyms
- Marsilea auriculata Vitman
- Marsilea natans Vell.
- Salvinia affinis Desv.
- Salvinia auriculata var. olfersiana Baker
- Salvinia hispida Kunth
- Salvinia olfersiana Klotzsch ex Britt.
- Salvinia olfersiana Klotzsch & Baker
- Salvinia radula Baker
- Salvinia rotundifolia Willd.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
Photo: Mateus Hidalgo, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mateus Hidalgo, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Laxskinn, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Sanu N, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sanu N, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sanu N, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sanu N, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.