Hydrocharitaceae
Tapegrass
Vallisneria spiralis
- Family
- Hydrocharitaceae
- Genus
- Vallisneria
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Common names
By language (21)
- Arabic
- فاليسناريا سبيراليس
- arz
- فاليسناريا سبيراليس
- Belarusian
- Валіснерыя спіральная
- Bulgarian
- Валиснерия
- Chinese
- 苦草
- Croatian
- Zavinuta uvijuša
- Czech
- Zákruticha šroubovitá
- Dutch
- Vallisneria
- English
- Tapegrass, Eelgrass, Straight vallis, Tape grass, Eel grass, Straight vallisneria
- Finnish
- Kierrevallisneria
- French
- Vallisnérie, Vallisnérie en Spirale, Vallisnérie spiralée
- German
- Gewöhnliche Wasserschraube, Wasserschraube
- hsb
- Wšědna wódna wjerćawka
- Hungarian
- Közönséges csavarhínár
- Persian
- آب فنر
- Polish
- Nurzaniec śrubowy, Walisneria spiralna
- Romanian
- Sârmuliță, Sîrmuliță
- Russian
- Валлиснерия спиральная
- Ukrainian
- Валіснерія спіральна
- Vietnamese
- Rong tóc tiên
- Welsh
- Rhuban y dŵr
Synonyms
- Vallisneria aethiopica Fenzl
- Vallisneria jacquiniana Spreng.
- Vallisneria jacquinii Savi
- Vallisneria linnet Bercht. & J.Presl
- Vallisneria micheliana Spreng.
- Vallisneria michelii Savi
- Vallisneria numidica Pomel
- Vallisneria pusilla Barbieri ex Bertol.
- Vallisneria spiralis f. aethiopica (Fenzl) T.Durand & Schinz
- Vallisneria spiralis subvar. jacquinii (Savi) Nyman
- Vallisneria spiralis subvar. michelii (Savi) Nyman
- Vallisneria spiralis var. numidica (Pomel) Maire & Weiller
- Vallisneria spiralis var. pusilla (Barbieri ex Bertol.) Nyman
Flowers
- In flower
- January, September (from 9 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: S.MORE, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Samuel A Schmid, PhD, PWS, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Umar Musa, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Lamiot, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Adrien Murguet, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Георгий Виноградов (Georgy Vinogradov), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Lamiot, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Radoslav Marinkovic, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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- Vallisneria rubraHydrocharitaceae
- Vallisneria anhuiensisHydrocharitaceae
- Vallisneria annuaHydrocharitaceae
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- Vallisneria erectaHydrocharitaceae
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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). About our plant data.