Common Water-plantain
Alisma plantago-aquatica L.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Plenty
- tall
- 76 cm
- wide
- 46 cm
Alismataceae
Also called European water plantain, Water-plantain
Formerly Damasonium plantago-aquaticum
When it flowers
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Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
PetsNo pet-safety information yet
PeopleNo safety information yet
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Perennial or helophyteKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Temp. Eurasia, N. Africa to TanzaniaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 61 cm to 91 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 30 cm to 61 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Plenty: wet or constantly moistRead from NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources
- Flowers
- White, purpleRead from NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: NC State Extension pink, purple, white; Wikipedia purple, white
- Coldest it survives
- -28.9 °C (USDA zone 5a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (9)
- Chinese
- 泽泻
- Simplified Chinese
- 泽泻, 水泻, 水泽
- Czech
- žabník jitrocelový
- German
- Gemeiner Froschlöffel
- Spanish
- Llantén de Agua
- Finnish
- ratamosarpio
- French
- Alisma Plantain d'Eau, plantain deau commun
- Dutch
- grote waterweegbree, Grote waterweegbree
- Slovenian
- trpotčasti porečnik
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3D model: Alisma plantago-aquatica (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.