Hydrocharitaceae
Water soldiers
Stratiotes aloides
- Family
- Hydrocharitaceae
- Genus
- Stratiotes
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Common names
By language (13)
- Chinese
- 水凤梨
- Czech
- Řezan pilolistý, Řezan aloesovitý
- Dutch
- Krabbenscheer, Krabbescheer
- English
- Water soldiers, Water soldier, Water-soldier
- Estonian
- Stratoides aculeatus, Stratoides aloides, Stratoides aquaticus, Stratoides ensiformis, Stratoides generalis
- French
- Faux-aloès, Stratiotès faux aloès
- German
- Krebsschere, Afteraloe, Donnerbart-Wasserfenchel, Falscher Wasserfenchel, Reiterskraut, Sichelkraut, Sumpfaloe, Säbelkraut
- Lithuanian
- Alijošinis aštrys
- nds
- Aaden, Agel, Buckelbas, Buckelhaar, Bucksbaart, Egel, Egelhüren, Eiden
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Krepseklo
- Polish
- Osoka
- Spanish
- Stratiotes
- Swedish
- Dyborre
Synonyms
- Stratiotes aculeatus Stokes
- Stratiotes aloides f. submersa Glück
- Stratiotes aquaticus Pall.
- Stratiotes ensiformis Gilib.
- Stratiotes generalis E.H.L.Krause
Flowers
- In flower
- June to July (from 84 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
Photos
FlowerPhoto: hhkaaks, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Wolfgang Ahlmer, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Piotr Panek, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Евгений Маринкин, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jörg Hempel, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Svend Hansen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Rasbak, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andre Hosper, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jerzy Opioła, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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.