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Widgeongrass
Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist

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Widgeongrass

Ruppia maritima L.

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishWidgeongrass
DutchSnavelruppia
SpanishOcoshal de agua
Chinese川蔓藻
Scientific nameRuppia maritima L.

About this species

Ruppia maritima is an aquatic plant species commonly known as beaked tasselweed, beaked ditchgrass, ditch grass, tassel pondweed and widgeon grass. Despite its scientific name, it is not a marine plant; is perhaps best described as a salt-tolerant freshwater species. The generic name Ruppia was dedicated by Linnaeus to the German botanist Heinrich Bernhard Ruppius (1689–1719) and the specific name (maritima) translates to "of the sea".

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Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassLiliopsida
OrderAlismatales
FamilyRuppiaceae
GenusRuppia