Submerged and Floating Aquatic Plants of Louisiana

For use as a learning tool for anyone looking to explore the world of aquatic plants.

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Erect burhead
Echinodorus berteroi

Creeping burhead ¹
Echinodorus cordifolius

Echinodorus tenellus ²
Helanthium tenellum

Appalachian Arrowhead ³
Sagittaria australis

Midwestern Arrowhead
Sagittaria brevirostra

Sagittaria calycina ⁴
Sagittaria montevidensis calycina

Sagittaria chapmanii

Grass-leaved Arrowhead ⁵
Sagittaria graminea

Sagittaria guayanensis ⁶

Lanceleaf Arrowhead ⁷
Sagittaria lancifolia

Broadleaf Arrowhead ⁸
Sagittaria latifolia

Nipplebract Arrowhead
Sagittaria papillosa

Delta Arrowhead ⁹
Sagittaria platyphylla

Narrow-leaved Arrowhead ¹⁰
Sagittaria subulata

Dollar Weed ¹¹
Hydrocotyle bonariensis

Water Pennywort ¹²
Hydrocotyle ranunculoides

Manyflower marshpennywort ¹³
Hydrocotyle umbellata

Whorled Pennywort ¹⁴
Hydrocotyle verticillata

Eastern Lilaeopsis
Lilaeopsis chinensis

Golden Club ¹⁵
Orontium aquaticum

Water Lettuce ¹⁶
Pistia stratiotes

Neobeckia aquatica ³
Rorippa aquatica

Watershield ¹⁷
Brasenia schreberi

Carolina Fanwort ¹⁸
Cabomba caroliniana

Coontail ¹⁹
Ceratophyllum demersum

Spineless hornwort ³
Ceratophyllum echinatum

Chara Stonewort Musk Grass ²⁰
Nitella

Eriocaulon compressum
Eriocaulon compressum

parrot's feather ²¹
Myriophyllum aquaticum

Broadleaf Water-milfoil
Myriophyllum heterophyllum

Cutleaf Water-milfoil
Myriophyllum pinnatum

Eurasian Water-milfoil ²²
Myriophyllum spicatum

Intermediate Mermaidweed
Proserpinaca intermedia

Marsh Mermaidweed ²³
Proserpinaca palustris

combleaf mermaidweed ²⁴
Proserpinaca pectinata

Blyxa aubertii ²⁵

Brazilian waterweed ²⁶
Egeria densa

Halophila engelmannii ²⁷

Hydrilla ⁶
Hydrilla verticillata

american frogbit
Limnobium spongia

duck-lettuce ²⁸
Ottelia alismoides

Turtle Grass ²⁹
Thalassia testudinum

Eel-grass ³⁰
Vallisneria americana

Common Duckweed ⁶
Lemna aequinoctialis

Common Duckweed ³¹
Lemna minor

Least Duckweed ³¹
Lemna minuta

Lemna obscura ²⁴

Minute Duckweed ³²
Lemna perpusilla

Valdivia Duckweed ³³
Lemna valdiviana

Spirodela polyrrhiza
Spirodela polyrhiza

Purple Backed Duckweed
Spirodela punctata

Brazilian Watermeal
Wolffia brasiliensis

Columbian Watermeal
Wolffia columbiana

Wolffiella gladiata ³⁴

Wolffiella lingulata

Wolffiella oblonga ³

Pinguicula lutea ³⁵

Small butterwort ²⁴
Pinguicula pumila

Horned Bladderwort ³⁶
Utricularia cornuta

Leafy Bladderwort ²⁶
Utricularia foliosa

humped bladderwort ³⁷
Utricularia gibba

Swollen Bladderwort ³⁸
Utricularia inflata

Rush bladderwort ³⁹
Utricularia juncea

Utricularia macrorhiza ⁴⁰
Utricularia vulgaris macrorhiza

Purple Bladderwort ⁴¹
Utricularia purpurea

Small Swollen Bladderwort ²⁶
Utricularia radiata

Striped Bladderwort ⁴²
Utricularia striata

Zigzag Bladderwort ⁴³
Utricularia subulata

water-purslane ⁴⁴
Didiplis diandra

Marsilea ⁴⁵

Stream Bogmoss ¹
Mayaca fluviatilis

Floating-heart ⁴⁶
Nymphoides aquatica

little floatingheart ⁴⁷
Nymphoides cordata

Southern Naiad
Najas guadalupensis

Brittle Naiad
Najas minor

Yellow Water-lily ³¹
Nuphar lutea

Nymphaea elegans ⁴⁸

Tiger lotus ⁴⁹
Nymphaea lotus

Yellow Waterlily ⁴⁸
Nymphaea mexicana

American White Waterlily ⁵⁰
Nymphaea odorata

Waterlilies ⁵¹
Nymphaea

Creeping Primrose-willow ⁴⁴
Ludwigia repens

Ceratopteris richardii

Water Fern ⁵²
Ceratopteris thalictroides

Ceratopteris pteridoides ⁵³
Ceratopteris pteridoides

Common Water Hyacinth ⁵⁴
Eichhornia crassipes

water star-grass ⁵⁵
Heteranthera dubia

Blue Mudplantain ⁵⁶
Heteranthera limosa

Heteranthera multiflora

Kidneyleaf mud plantain ⁵⁷
Heteranthera reniformis

Pickerelweed ⁵⁸
Pontederia cordata

Crisp-leaved Pondweed ⁵⁹
Potamogeton crispus

diverse-leaved pondweed
Potamogeton diversifolius

nuttall's ribbon-leaved pondweed ⁶⁰
Potamogeton epihydrus

leafy pondweed
Potamogeton foliosus

Longleaf Pondweed ⁶¹
Potamogeton nodosus

Perfoliate Pondweed ⁶²
Potamogeton perfoliatus

Spotted Pondweed
Potamogeton pulcher

small pondweed ⁶³
Potamogeton pusillus

Featherfoil ⁴
Hottonia inflata

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