#aquatic_plant__aquaticplant__water_plant__waterplant__hydrophyte__hydrophytic_plant__hydrophyticplant a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth
supertype: #vascular_plant__tracheophyte green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms
subtype: #hornwort.aquatic_plant any aquatic plant of the genus Ceratophyllum; forms submerged masses in ponds and slow-flowing streams
subtype: #water_lily__waterlily an aquatic plant of the family Nymphaeaceae
subtype: #fragrant_water_lily__water_nymph__waternymph__pond_lily__Nymphaea_odorata a water lily having large leaves and showy fragrant flowers that float on the water; of temperate and tropical regions
subtype: #European_white_lily__Nymphaea_alba a water lily with white flowers
subtype: #Nymphaea_lotus__lotus__lotu__white_lotus__whitelotu__Egyptian_water_lily__white_lily__whitelily white Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa; held sacred by the Egyptians
subtype: #Nymphaea_caerulea__blue_lotus blue Egyptian lotus: held sacred by the Egyptians
subtype: #blue_lotus__Nymphaea_stellata blue lotus of India and southeastern Asia
subtype: #spatterdock__cow_lily__cowlily__yellow_pond_lily__Nuphar_advena common water lily of eastern and central North America, having broad leaves and globe-shaped yellow flowers; in sluggish fresh or slightly brackish water
subtype: #southern_spatterdock__Nuphar_sagittifolium of flowing waters of the southeastern United States; may form obstructive mats in streams
subtype: #yellow_water_lily__Nuphar_lutea a water lily with yellow flowers
subtype: #Indian_lotus__lotus__lotu__sacred_lotus__Nelumbo_nucifera native to eastern Asia; widely cultivated for its large pink or white flowers
subtype: #American_lotus__water_chinquapin__waterchinquapin__yanquapin__Nelumbo_lutea water lily of eastern North America having pale yellow blossoms and edible globular nutlike seeds
subtype: #fanwort__water-shield__watershield__Cabomba_caroliniana common aquatic plant of eastern North America having floating and submerged leaves and white yellow-spotted flowers
subtype: #water-shield__watershield__Brasenia_schreberi__water-target__watertarget aquatic plant with floating oval leaves and purple flowers; in lakes and slow-moving streams; suitable for aquariums
subtype: #water_crowfoot__watercrowfoot__water_buttercup__waterbuttercup__Ranunculus_aquatilis plant of ponds and slow streams having submerged and floating leaves and white flowers; Europe and North America
subtype: #cryptocoryne__water_trumpet__watertrumpet any plant of the genus Cryptocoryne; evergreen perennials growing in fresh or brackish water; tropical Asia
subtype: #golden_club__Orontium_aquaticum aquatic plant of the southeastern United States having blue-green leaves and and a spadix resembling a club covered with tiny yellow flowers
subtype: #arrow_arum__arrowarum an aquatic plant of the genus Peltandra; North America
subtype: #green_arrow_arum__greenarrowarum__tuckahoe__Peltandra_virginica perennial herb of the eastern United States having arrowhead-shaped leaves and an elongate pointed spathe and green berries
subtype: #pistia__water_lettuce__waterlettuce__water_cabbage__watercabbage__Pistia_stratiotes__Pistia_stratoites pantropical floating plant forming a rosette of wedge-shaped leaves; a widespread weed in rivers and lakes
subtype: #duckweed any small or minute aquatic plant of the family Lemnaceae that float on or near the surface of shallow ponds
subtype: #common_duckweed__lesser_duckweed__Lemna_minor of temperate regions except eastern Asia and Australia
subtype: #star-duckweed__Lemna_trisulca cosmopolitan in temperate regions except North America
subtype: #great_duckweed__greatduckweed__water_flaxseed__waterflaxseed__Spirodela_polyrrhiza cosmopolitan except South America and New Zealand and some oceanic islands
subtype: #watermeal any of various aquatic plants of the genus Wolffia; throughout warmer regions of the world
subtype: #common_wolffia__Wolffia_columbiana smallest flowering plants known; of the Americas
subtype: #mud_midget__mudmidget__bogmat__Wolffiella_gladiata having narrow flat sickle-shaped submerged fronds; North America
subtype: #awlwort__Subularia_aquatica small aquatic plant having tufted awl-shaped leaves in a basal rosette and minute white flowers; circumboreal
subtype: #featherfoil a plant of the genus Hottonia
subtype: #water_gillyflower__watergillyflower__American_featherfoil__Hottonia_inflata a featherfoil of the eastern United States with submerged spongy inflated flower stalks and white flowers
subtype: #water_violet__waterviolet__hottoniapalustri featherfoil of Europe and western Asia having submerged and floating leaves and violet flowers
subtype: #water_pimpernel__waterpimpernel a white-flowered aquatic plant of the genus Samolus
subtype: #Samolus_valerandii__brookweed water pimpernel of Europe to China
subtype: #brookweed__Samolus_parviflorus__Samolus_floribundus American water pimpernel
subtype: #water_milfoil__watermilfoil an aquatic plant of the genus Myriophyllum having feathery underwater leaves and small inconspicuous flowers
subtype: #water_chestnut_plant__water_chestnut__waterchestnut__caltrop a plant of the genus Trapa bearing spiny four-pronged edible nutlike fruits
subtype: #water_caltrop__watercaltrop__Jesuits'_nut__Trapa_natans a variety of water chestnut
subtype: #ling_ko__ling__Trapa_bicornis water chestnut whose spiny fruit has two rather than 4 prongs
subtype: #water_shamrock__watershamrock__buckbean__bogbean__bog_myrtle__bogmyrtle__marsh_trefoil__marshtrefoil__Menyanthes_trifoliata perennial plant of Europe and America having racemes of white or purplish flowers and intensely bitter trifoliate leaves; often rooting at water margin and spreading across the surface
subtype: #pipewort__Eriocaulon_aquaticum aquatic perennial of North America and Ireland and Hebrides having translucent green leaves in a basal spiral and dense buttonlike racemes of minute white flowers
subtype: #pickerelweed__pickerel_weed__wampee__Pontederia_cordata American plant having spikes of blue flowers and growing in shallow water of streams and ponds
subtype: #water_hyacinth__waterhyacinth__water_orchid__waterorchid__Eichhornia_crassipes__Eichhornia_spesiosa a tropical floating aquatic plant having spikes of large blue flowers; troublesome in clogging waterways especially in southern United States
subtype: #water_star_grass__mud_plantain__mudplantain__Heteranthera_dubia grassy-leaved North American aquatic plant with yellow star-shaped blossoms
subtype: #naiad.aquatic_plant__water_nymph__waternymph submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers; of fresh or brackish water
subtype: #frogbit__frog's-bit__Hydrocharis_morsus-ranae European floating plant with roundish heart-shaped leaves and white flowers
subtype: #hydrilla__Hydrilla_verticillata submersed plant with whorled lanceolate leaves and solitary axillary flowers; Old World plant naturalized in southern United States and clogging Florida's waterways
subtype: #American_frogbit__Limnodium_spongia American plant with roundish heart-shaped or kidney-shaped leaves; usually rooted in muddy bottoms of ponds and ditches
subtype: #waterweed a weedy aquatic plant of genus Elodea
subtype: #Canadian_pondweed__Elodea_canadensis North American; widely naturalized in Europe
subtype: #dense-leaved_elodea__Elodea_densa__Egeria_densa aquatic plant with deep green foliage useful to oxygenate an aquarium; sometimes placed in genus Egeria
subtype: #tape_grass__eelgrass__wild_celery__Vallisneria_spiralis submerged aquatic plant with ribbonlike leaves; Old World and Australia
subtype: #pondweed any of several submerged or floating freshwater perennial aquatic weeds belonging to the family Potamogetonaceae
subtype: #curleyleaf_pondweed__curled_pondweed__Potamogeton_crispus European herb naturalized in the eastern United States and California
subtype: #variously-leaved_pondweed__Potamogeton_gramineous of Europe (except the Mediterranean area) and the northern United States
subtype: #loddon_pondweed__Potamogeton_nodosus__Potamogeton_americanus pondweed with floating leaves; of northern United States and Europe
subtype: #frog's_lettuce very similar to Potamogeton; of western Africa, Asia, and Europe
subtype: #horned_pondweed__Zannichellia_palustris found in still or slow-moving fresh or brackish water; useful to oxygenate cool water ponds and aquaria
subtype: #eelgrass__grass_wrack__sea_wrack__seawrack__Zostera_marina submerged marine plant with very long narrow leaves found in abundance along North Atlantic coasts
subtype: #water_starwort__waterstarwort any of several aquatic plants having a star-shaped rosette of floating leaves; America, Europe and Asia
subtype: #golden_saxifrage__golden_spleen any of various low aquatic herbs of the genus Chrysosplenium
subtype: #water_carpet__watercarpet__water_mat__watermat__Chrysosplenium_americanum aquatic herb with yellowish flowers; central and western United States
subtype: #water_speedwell__waterspeedwell__Veronica_michauxii__Veronica_anagallis-aquatica plant of wet places in Eurasia and America
subtype: #marsh_plant__marshplant__bog_plant__bogplant__swamp_plant__swampplant a semi-aquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath
subtype: #lesser_spearwort__Ranunculus_flammula semi-aquatic Eurasian perennial crowfoot with spear-shaped leaves; naturalized in New Zealand
subtype: #greater_spearwort__greaterspearwort__Ranunculus_lingua semi-aquatic European crowfoot with spear-shaped leaves
subtype: #marsh_marigold__marshmarigold__kingcup__meadow_bright__May_blob__cowslip__water_dragon__waterdragon__calthapalustri swamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups
subtype: #rush grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems
subtype: #bulrush__bullrush__common_rush__soft_rush__Juncus_effusus tall rush with soft erect or arching stems found in Eurasia, Australia, New Zealand, and common in North America
subtype: #jointed_rush__jointedrush__juncusarticulatu rush of Australia
subtype: #toad_rush__Juncus_bufonius low-growing annual rush of damp low-lying ground; nearly cosmopolitan
subtype: #hard_rush__Juncus_inflexus__juncusinflexu tall rush of temperate regions
subtype: #salt_rush__Juncus_leseurii rush of North American Pacific coast
subtype: #slender_rush__slenderrush__Juncus_tenuis tufted wiry rush of wide distribution
subtype: #sweet_flag__sweetflag__calamus__sweet_calamus__sweetcalamu__myrtle_flag__flagroot__Acorus_calamus perennial marsh plant having swordlike leaves and aromatic roots
subtype: #wild_calla__water_arum__waterarum__Calla_palustris plant of wetlands and bogs of temperate regions having small greenish flowers partly enclosed in a white spathe and red berries
subtype: #Lysichiton_americanum__skunk_cabbage__skunkcabbage clump-forming deciduous perennial swamp plant of western North America similar to Symplocarpus foetidus but having a yellow spathe
subtype: #skunk_cabbage__skunkcabbage__polecat_weed__polecatweed__foetidpotho__symplocarpusfoetidu deciduous perennial low-growing fetid swamp plant of eastern North America having minute flowers enclosed in a mottled greenish or purple cowl-shaped spathe
subtype: #marsh_elder__marshelder__iva any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers; common in moist areas (as coastal salt marshes) of eastern and central North America
subtype: #burweed_marsh_elder__false_ragweed__falseragweed__Iva_xanthifolia tall annual marsh elder common in moist rich soil is central North America that can cause contact dermatitis; produces much pollen that is a major cause of hay fever
subtype: #sedge grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers
subtype: #umbrella_sedge__umbrella_plant__Cyperus_alternifolius African sedge widely cultivated as an ornamental water plant for its terminal umbrellalike cluster of slender grasslike leaves
subtype: #chufa__yellow_nutgrass__earth_almond__earthalmond__groundalmond__rush_nut__Cyperus_esculentus European sedge having small edible nutlike tubers
subtype: #galingale__galangal__Cyperus_longus European sedge having rough-edged leaves and spikelets of reddish flowers and aromatic roots
subtype: #Cyperus_papyrus__papyrus__Egyptian_paper_reed__paper_rush__paperrush tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times
subtype: #nutgrass__nut_grass__nutgras__nut_sedge__nutsedge__Cyperus_rotundus a widely distributed perennial sedge having small edible nutlike tubers
subtype: #sand_sedge__sand_reed__Carex_arenaria European maritime sedge naturalized along Atlantic coast of United States; rootstock has properties of sarsaparilla
subtype: #cypress_sedge__cypresssedge__Carex_pseudocyperus tufted sedge of temperate regions; nearly cosmopolitan
subtype: #cotton_grass__cotton_rush any sedge of the genus Eriophorum; north temperate bog plants with tufted spikes
subtype: #common_cotton_grass__Eriophorum_angustifolium having densely tufted white cottony or downlike glumes
subtype: #hardstem_bulrush__hardstemmed_bulrush__hardstemmedbulrush__Scirpus_acutus widely distributed North American sedge having rigid olive green stems
subtype: #wool_grass__Scirpus_cyperinus sedge of eastern North America having numerous clustered woolly spikelets
subtype: #spike_rush__spikerush a sedge of the genus Eleocharis
subtype: #Chinese_water_chestnut__water_chestnut__waterchestnut__Eleocharis_dulcis Chinese sedge yielding edible bulb-shaped tubers
subtype: #needle_spike_rush__needle_rush__slender_spike_rush__slenderspikerush__hair_grass__Eleocharis_acicularis fine-leaved aquatic spike rush; popular as aerator for aquariums
subtype: #creeping_spike_rush__Eleocharis_palustris cylindrical-stemmed sedge
subtype: #cattail tall erect herbs with sword-shaped leaves; cosmopolitan in fresh and salt marshes
subtype: #cat's-tail__cat'stail__bullrush__bulrush__nailrod__reed_mace__reedmace__Typha_latifolia tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down; its long flat leaves are used for making mats and chair seats; of North America, Europe, Asia and North Africa
subtype: #lesser_bullrush__narrow-leaf_cattail__narrow-leaved_reedmace__soft_flag__Typha_angustifolia reed maces of America, Europe, North Africa, Asia
subtype: #sabbatia any of various plants of the genus Sabbatia having usually pink cymose flowers; occur from acid bogs to brackish marshes
subtype: #rose_pink__bitter_floom__American_centaury__Sabbatia_Angularis pink-flowered marsh plant of the eastern United States
subtype: #marsh_pink__marshpink__americancentaury__Sabbatia_stellaris pink-flowered marsh plant of the eastern United States
subtype: #prairia_Sabbatia__Texas_star__Sabbatia_campestris prairie herb with solitary lilac-colored flowers
subtype: #yellow-eyed_grass any of several rushlike plants, especially of the pine barrens of southern United States
subtype: #tall_yellow-eye__Xyris_operculata of Australia
subtype: #water_plantain__waterplantain__Alisma_plantago-aquatica marsh plant having clusters of small white or pinkish flowers and broad pointed or rounded leaves
subtype: #ribbon-leaved_water_plantain a variety of water plantain
subtype: #narrow-leaved_water_plantain a variety of water plantain
subtype: #arrow_grass__arrowgras__Triglochin_maritima tufted perennial found in shallow water or marshland; sometimes poisons livestock
subtype: #parnassia__grass-of-Parnassus any of various usually evergreen bog plants of the genus Parnassia having broad smooth basal leaves and a single pale flower resembling a buttercup
subtype: #bog_star__bogstar__parnassiapalustri plant having ovate leaves in a basal rosette and white starlike flowers netted with green
subtype: #shellflower__turtlehead__snakehead__Chelone_glabra showy perennial of marshlands of eastern and central North America having waxy lanceolate leaves and flower with lower part creamy white and upper parts pale pink to deep purple
subtype: #American_brooklime__brooklime__Veronica_americana plant of western North America and northeastern Asia having prostrate stems with dense racemes of pale violet to lilac flowers
subtype: #European_brooklime__brooklime__Veronica_beccabunga European plant having low-lying stems with blue flowers often pink-flushed; sparsely naturalized in North America
subtype: #water_parsnip__waterparsnip__Sium_suave stout white-flowered perennial found wild in shallow fresh water; northern United States and Asia
subtype: #greater_water_parsnip__greaterwaterparsnip__Sium_latifolium large stout white-flowered perennial found wild in shallow fresh water; Europe
subtype: #skirret__Sium_sisarum an Asiatic herb cultivated in Europe for its sweet edible tuberous root
subtype: #lizard's-tail__swamp_lily__swamplily__water_dragon__waterdragon__saururuscernuu North American herbaceous perennial of wet places having slender curled racemes of small white flowers
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