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Potamogetonaceae

Sago pondweed

Stuckenia pectinata (L.) Börner

Family
Potamogetonaceae
Genus
Stuckenia

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Sago pondweed (Stuckenia pectinata)
FlowerPhoto: Jason Grant, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (28)
Arabic
لسان النهر مشطي الشكل, جار النهر بشكل المشط, قريب النهر مشطي الشكل
Belarusian
Урэчнік грабеньчаты, Рдзест грабеньчаты
Bulgarian
Гребеновиден ръждавец
Catalan
Llapó negre
Chinese
篦齿眼子菜, 篦齒眼子菜, 蓖齿眼子菜, 龙须眼子菜, 内蒙眼子菜, 柔花眼子菜, 矮眼子菜, 铺散眼子菜
Czech
Rdestík hřebenitý, Rdest hřebenitý
Dutch
Schedefonteinkruid
English
Sago pondweed, Fennel pondweed, Fennel-leaved pondweed
Estonian
Kamm-penikeel
Finnish
Hapsivita
French
Potamot à feuilles pectinées
German
Kamm-Laichkraut, Schweizer Laichkraut, Kammlaichkraut
Greek
Ποταμογείτων ο κτενοειδής
Hebrew
נהרונית מסרקנית
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Česačkojta dróstnica
Icelandic
Burstanykra
Japanese
リュウノヒゲモ
Latvian
Ķemmveida glīvene
Norwegian Bokmål
Busttjønnaks
Norwegian Nynorsk
Busttjønnaks
Polish
Rdestnica grzebieniasta
Romanian
Broscăriță crestată
Russian
Рдест гребенчатый, Рдест хакасский
Slovak
Červenavec hrebenatý
Slovenian
Češljasti dristavec
Swedish
Borstnate
Ukrainian
Рдесник гребінчастий
Welsh
Dyfrllys blaenllym

Synonyms

  • Buccaferrea pectinata (L.) Bubani
  • Coleogeton pectinatus (L.) Les & R.R.Haynes
  • Potamogeton acifolius Ma
  • Potamogeton angustissimus Kunth
  • Potamogeton balatonicus (Gams) Soó
  • Potamogeton borealis Raf.
  • Potamogeton bracteatus Y.D.Chen
  • Potamogeton chakassiensis (Kaschina) Volobaev
  • Potamogeton chakassiensis var. tenuior Volobaev
  • Potamogeton columbianus Suksd.
  • Potamogeton diffusus (Hagstr.) Herter
  • Potamogeton drupaceus O.Lang
  • Potamogeton erhaiensis Y.D.Chen
  • Potamogeton exstipulatus Wolfg.
  • Potamogeton filicaulis Schur
  • Potamogeton filiformis subvar. helveticus (G.Fisch.) Asch. & Graebn.
  • Potamogeton filiformis var. borealis (Raf.) H.St.John
  • Potamogeton flabellatus Bab.
  • Potamogeton helveticus (G.Fisch.) W.Koch
  • Potamogeton helveticus var. balatonicus Gams
  • Potamogeton interruptus Kit. ex Schult.
  • Potamogeton interruptus var. diffusus Druce
  • Potamogeton interruptus var. ungulatus Druce
  • Potamogeton intramongolicus Ma
  • Potamogeton lanceolatus Mazziari
  • Potamogeton leptanthus Y.D.Chen
  • Potamogeton livingstonei A.Benn.
  • Potamogeton marinus L.
  • Potamogeton marinus var. angustifolius Wimm. & Grab.
  • Potamogeton marinus var. caespitosus Wimm. & Grab.
  • Potamogeton marinus var. setaceus Roth
  • Potamogeton miniatus Y.D.Chen
  • Potamogeton nanus Y.D.Chen
  • Potamogeton pectinatus L.
  • Potamogeton pectinatus f. acerosus Hagstr.
  • Potamogeton pectinatus f. brachypus Hagstr.
  • Potamogeton pectinatus f. caule-crasso Cham. & Schltdl.
  • Potamogeton pectinatus f. coronatus (Hagstr.) Hagstr.
  • Potamogeton pectinatus f. devistitus Hagstr.
  • Potamogeton pectinatus f. dichotomus (Wallr.) Hagstr.

and 83 more.

Flowers

Flower colour
green (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Alaska: native, Canada: native, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native

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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.