Elatine alsinastrumL.

WFO wfo-0000665293 Accepted WFO 2026-06 5 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–e · 3 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 3 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Elatine alsinastrum, photographed by Oleksii Vasyliuk
fig. a Oleksii Vasyliuk, CC BY 4.0 / 2010-07-05 / obs. 94563507
Elatine alsinastrum, photographed by Dmitriy Bochkov
fig. b Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 164941585
Elatine alsinastrum, photographed by Татьяна Горбушина
fig. c Татьяна Горбушина, CC0 1.0 / obs. 74670820
Elatine alsinastrum, photographed by Dmitriy Bochkov
fig. d Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 164941622
Elatine alsinastrum, photographed by Татьяна Горбушина
fig. e Татьяна Горбушина, CC0 1.0 / obs. 74670472

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Native range 38 botanical countries

Regions where Elatine alsinastrum is native: Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Altay, East Aegean Is., Kazakhstan, North Caucasus, Palestine, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, West Siberia, Albania, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Czechia-Slovakia, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kriti, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sicilia, South European Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine AlgeriaMoroccoTunisiaAltayEast Aegean Is.KazakhstanNorth CaucasusPalestineTranscaucasusTürkiyeWest SiberiaAlbaniaAustriaBaltic StatesBelarusBulgariaCentral European RussiaCzechia-SlovakiaEast European RussiaFinlandFranceGermanyGreeceHungaryItalyKritiNorth European RussiaNorthwest European RussiaNW. Balkan Pen.PolandPortugalRomaniaSiciliaSouth European RussiaSpainSwitzerlandTürkiye-in-EuropeUkraine
Native distribution of Elatine alsinastrum, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Albania ALB EUROPE
Austria AUT
Baltic States BLT
Belarus BLR
Bulgaria BUL
Central European Russia RUC
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
East European Russia RUE
Finland FIN
France FRA
Germany GER
Greece GRC
Hungary HUN
Italy ITA
Kriti KRI
North European Russia RUN
Northwest European Russia RUW
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Poland POL
Portugal POR
Romania ROM
Sicilia SIC
South European Russia RUS
Spain SPA
Switzerland SWI
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Ukraine UKR
Altay ALT ASIA-TEMPERATE
East Aegean Is. EAI
Kazakhstan KAZ
North Caucasus NCS
Palestine PAL
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
West Siberia WSB
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Morocco MOR
Tunisia TUN

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 11 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Alsinastrum galiifolia Schur
  • Alsine alsinastrum (L.) Crantz
  • Elatine alsinastrum f. aquatica Seub.
  • Elatine alsinastrum f. fluitans Seub.
  • Elatine alsinastrum f. terrestris (Schimp.) Seub.
  • Elatine alsinastrum var. terrestris Schimp.
  • Elatine hippuroidea St.-Lag.
  • Elatine verticillata Lam.
  • Elatinella alsinastrum (L.) Opiz
  • Potamopitys alsinastrum (L.) Fourr.
  • Rhizium verticillatum Dulac

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.