Hydrocharis

• Authority

  Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

• Family

  Hydrocharitaceae

• Scientific Name

  Hydrocharis

• Description

  Genus Description - Pet broadly obovate, more than 1.5 times as long as the sep; stamens in 4 alternating trimerous whorls (those of the innermost antepetalous whorl staminodial), their filaments connate in pairs below, forming 6 radial pairs; styles usually 6, flat, bifid up to half-length; stipules (1 or) 2, mostly lateral and free from the petiole; roots unbranched; otherwise much like Limnobium. 3, Old World.

• Common Names

  frog's-bit