About Hydrilla
Hydrilla (waterthyme) is a genus of aquatic plants, usually treated as containing just one species — Hydrilla verticillata, but some botanists divide it into several species. It is native to the cool and warm waters of the Old World in Asia, Africa, and Australia, with a sparse, scattered distribution; in Australia it occurs from the Northern Territory to Queensland and New South Wales. The stems grow up to 2 m long. The leaves are arranged in whorls of two to eight around the stem, each leaf 5–20 mm long and 0.7–2 mm broad, with serrations or small spines along the leaf margins; the leaf midrib is often reddish when fresh.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Hydrilla verticillata
- Genus
- Hydrilla
- Family
- HYDROCHARITACEAE
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Stagnant ponds
- Native to
- Old World tropics
- Distribution
- Old World tropics
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Local Names
- Hindi
- Jhangi, Kureli, हाइड्रिल्ला
- Nepali
- पानी उन्यु Paanee Unyu
- Bengali
- Jhangi, Kureli, Saola
- Tamil
- Amiranappaci, Chikavalakam, Chimpaka
- Malayalam
- Ene-pael
- Marathi
- Seval, Shakharisheval
Hydrocharitaceae
Frog's-Bit Family
Hydrilla belongs to the Hydrocharitaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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