Aquatic Plants List
Explore this aquatic plants list and discover species built for life in and around water, from submerged pondweeds to floating lotus and emergent cattails.
parrot pitcherplant
Sarracenia psittacina
Pondo Bladderwort
Utricularia sandersonii
Irish moss
Chondrus crispus
bubble algae
Valonia ventricosa
sacred lotus
Nelumbo nucifera
buttonbush
Cephalanthus occidentalis
Amazon water lily
Victoria amazonica
purple iris
Iris versicolor
Asian rice
Oryza sativa
sweet flag
Acorus calamus
orange balsam
Impatiens capensis
turkey tangle fogfruit
Phyla nodiflora
Marsh-marigold
Caltha palustris
Bulrush
Typha latifolia
Purple-loosestrife
Lythrum salicaria
Common Reed
Phragmites australis
pickerelweed
Pontederia cordata
Canadian waterweed
Elodea canadensis
broadleaf arrowhead
Sagittaria latifolia
common water hyacinth
Pontederia crassipes
Bald cypress
Taxodium distichum
common duckweed
Lemna minor
American lotus
Nelumbo lutea
Allegheny monkeyflower
Mimulus ringens
Virginia iris
Iris virginica
American white waterlily
Nymphaea odorata
skunk cabbage
Symplocarpus foetidus
halberdleaf rosemallow
Hibiscus laevis
waterthyme
Hydrilla verticillata
reed canarygrass
Phalaris arundinacea
water fern
Azolla filiculoides
green arrow arum
Peltandra virginica
button mangrove
Conocarpus erectus
Meadowsweet
Filipendula ulmaria
Mediterranean tapeweed
Posidonia oceanica
Chilean gunnera
Gunnera tinctoria
Egyptian white water-lily
Nymphaea lotus
red mangrove
Rhizophora mangle
Java fern
Leptochilus pteropus
lizard's tail
Saururus cernuus
Bandanna-of-the-Everglades
Canna flaccida
copper iris
Iris fulva
water mint
Mentha aquatica
Prickly Water Lily
Euryale ferox
yerba mansa
Anemopsis californica
hemlock water-dropwort
Oenanthe crocata
aquatic milkweed
Asclepias perennis
water lettuce
Pistia stratiotes
White Water-lily
Nymphaea alba
Water caltrop
Trapa natans
true forget-me-not
Myosotis scorpioides
pond apple
Annona glabra
climbing dayflower
Commelina diffusa
seven sisters
Crinum americanum
manyflower marshpennywort
Hydrocotyle umbellata
Sea lettuce
Ulva lactuca
Yellow Water-lily
Nuphar lutea
lesser bulrush
Typha angustifolia
Mackenzie's water hemlock
Cicuta virosa
parrot feather watermilfoil
Myriophyllum aquaticum