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Heteranthera dubia
Also called Grass Leaved Mud Plantain, Water Star Grass, Water Stargrass, Grass Leaf Mud Plantain
Water stargrass is a perennial aquatic plant native to North and Central America, growing submerged in freshwater rivers and lakes or stranded on shorelines. It thrives in alkaline water and varies in leaf shape depending on how deep it grows.
Heteranthera dubia, commonly called water stargrass or grassleaf mudplantain, is a species of aquatic plant in the pickerel-weed family (Pontederiaceae). It is native to North and Central America where it is widespread from Canada to Guatemala.
It lives submerged in freshwater such as rivers and lakes. It can be found as deep as 5.5 meters, to as shallow as stranded on the shoreline. It is most abundant in alkaline waters.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Heteranthera dubia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
