The following photos will allow you to identify aquatic plants. Click on image to view plant details.
Marimo, Moss Ball
Origin: Europe, Japan, North America
Giant Sensitive Plant, Giant Sensitive Fern
Origin: Tropical Africa
Apache-Beads, Yerba Mansa
Origin: North America, Mexico
Afzelius' Anubias
Origin: Africa (Senegal to Mali)
Coffee Leaf Anubias
Origin: Only cultivated
Dwarf Anubias
Origin: The wild type is native to Africa (Cameroon).
Height: 5 to 10 centimeters
Giant Anubias
Origin: Tropical Africa
Heart-Leaved Anubias
Origin: Africa (Guinea, Mali, Senegal, Sierra Leone)
Anubias
Origin: Tropical Africa
Dwarf Anubias
Origin: Unknown - Anubias species are native to tropical Africa.
Cape-Pondweed, Water Hawthorn
Origin: South Africa
Lesser Water-Plantain
Origin: Europe
Devil's Beggarticks, Common Beggar-Ticks
Origin: North America (Canada, USA) and as a neophyte also in Asia, Europe, New Zealand and North Africa
Height: 30 to 150 centimeters
Bamboo Plant
Origin: South Eastern Asia
Congo Fern, African Water Fern
Origin: Tropical Africa
Bucephalandra
Origin: All 31 Bucephalandra species are native to Borneo.
Height: 10 to 20 centimeters
Flowering Rush, Grass Rush
Origin: Asia, Europe, Northern Africa
Water-Starwort
Origin: Asia, Europe, North America, North Africa
Seaweed
Origin: Indian Ocean and as an invasive species also in the Mediterranean Sea.
Coontail, Hornwort
Origin: Nearly global
Water Sprite
Origin: Africa, Asia, Australia
Water Trumpet
Origin: India, New Guinea, Myanmar, Thailand, Borneo and others
Water Trumpet
Origin: India, New Guinea
Water Trumpet
Origin: Sri Lanka
Water Trumpet
Origin: India, Bangladesh
Water Trumpet
Origin: Sri Lanka
Water Trumpet
Origin: Sri Lanka
Sword Plant
Origin: Sword Plants are native from North to South America.
Sword Plant
Origin: Sword Plants are native from North to South America.
Sword Plant
Origin: Sword Plants are native from North to South America.
Sword Plant, Texas Mud Baby
Origin: Sword Plants are native from North to South America.
Sword Plant, Texas Mud Baby
Origin: Sword Plants are native from North to South America.
Sword Plant, Texas Mud Baby
Origin: Sword Plants are native from North to South America.
Sword Plant
Origin: Echinodorus species are native to North and South America.
Sword Plant
Origin: Brasil to Chile
Brazilian Waterweed, Dense Waterweed
Origin: South America
Narrow Leaved Elodea
Origin: South America
Canadian Waterweed, Pondweed, Duckweed
Origin: North America and as an invasive species also in Europe, North Africa and Australia, among other places.
Nuttall's Waterweed, Western Waterweed
Origin: North America
Senegal Tea Plant
Origin: Central to South America
River Lily, Crimson Flag
Origin: South Africa, Zimbabwe
Common Mare's Tail
Origin: Asia, Europe, America
Chameleon Plant, Heartleaf
Origin: China, Bhutan, Japan, Nepal, Taiwan
Esthwaite Waterweed, Florida Elodea
Origin: Africa, Asia, Europe
Lawn Pennywort, Water Pennywort
Origin: Africa, Asia
Lawn Pennywort, Water Pennywort
Origin: The wild type is native to Africa and Asia.
African Elodea, Curly Waterweed
Origin: Africa
Common Duckweed, Lesser Duckweed
Origin: Nearly global
West Indian Spongeplant, South American Spongeplant
Origin: Mexico to Argentina
Dwarf Ambulia, Ambulis
Origin: Eastern Asia
Susswassertang
Origin: Tropical Asia
Floating Water-Plantain
Origin: Europe
Creeping Jenny, Moneywort
Origin: The wild type is native from Europe to Turkey and Caucasus.
Water Mint
Origin: Africa, Asia (Caucasus, Western Asia), Europe and as an introduced species the Water Mint can also be found also in other regions, such as New Zealand, North America or Mexico.
Height: 20 to 80 centimeters
Java Fern
Origin: Subtropical to tropical Asia
Parrot's-Feather, Parrotfeather Watermilfoil
Origin: South America
Najas Grass, Guppy Grass
Origin: North America (Canada to Mexico), South America
Height: 20 to 150 centimeters
Najas Grass
Origin: Tropical and subtropical Asia
Yellow Water Lily, Brandy Bottle
Origin: Asia, Europe, Norhern Africa
White Water Lily, White Lotus
Origin: Europe
Water Lily
Origin: Africa
Banana Plant, Banana Lilly
Origin: North America
Fringed Water Lily, Yellow Floating Heart
Origin: Europe to Asia
Water Cabbage, Water Lettuce, Nile Cabbage
Origin: Tropical and subtropical regions in Africa, Asia, Australia, North America and South America. The origin is not known.
Height: 20 to 30 centimeters
Downoi
Origin: Asia (Burma, India, Thailand)
Pickerel-Weed
Origin: Canada to South America
Pondweed
Origin: Asia, Europe, North America
Crystalwort
Origin: Nearly global
Appalachian Arrowhead, Longbeak Arrowhead
Origin: "Benni" is a cultivar. Sagittaria australis is native to the USA.
Arrowhead
Origin: Europe to Japan
Eared Watermoss, African Payal
Origin: Mexico to South America
Giant Salvinia, Kariba Weed
Origin: South America (probably), naturalized in other tropical and subtropical regions.
Brookweed, Water Cabbage
Origin: Nearly global but not in Australia
Great Duckweed, Greater Duckweed
Origin: Nearly global
Arrowroot, Fire-Flag
Origin: Tropical Africa, Central to South America
Graceful Cattail
Origin: Europe to Asia
Common Bladderwort, Geater Bladderwort
Origin: Africa, Asia, Europe