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Hippuris vulgaris

Common Mare's Tail, Common Mare’s Tail
Other regional names: Mare's Tail
  • Mare's Tail
Also known as: Caullinia hippuroides Raf. +15 more
  • Caullinia hippuroides Raf.
  • Hippuris eschscholtxii Cham. ex Ledeb.
  • Hippuris eschscholtzii Cham. ex Lam.
  • Hippuris eschscholtzii Cham. ex Ledeb.
  • Hippuris fluitans Lilj. ex Hising.
  • Hippuris fluviatilis Hoffm.
  • Hippuris generalis E.H.L.Krause
  • Hippuris maritima Haller f., 1793
  • Hippuris palustris Gorter
  • Hippuris polyphylla Raf.
  • Hippuris spiralis D.Yu
  • Hippuris tetraphylla f. lacunarum Dutilly & Lepage
  • Hippuris verticillata Gilib.
  • Hippuris vulgaris f. fluviatilis (F.H.Wigg.) E.Baumann
  • Hippuris vulgaris f. lacunarum (Dutilly & Lepage) Lepage
  • Hippuris vulgaris f. litoralis H.Lindb.
Botanical Data
  • Taxonomic Rank: Species
  • Botanical Family: Plantaginaceae
  • WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a hydrosubshrub.

Hippuris vulgaris (commonly known as Common Mare's Tail) is an aquatic plant within the Plantaginaceae family. It originates in Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Europe, North America, and South America. In its natural range, this species typically occurs in temperate conditions.

Macro Climate
Temperate
Plant Type
Shrub
Plant Type
Aquatic Plant

Native Range

Continents (WGSRPD)
ASIA-TEMPERATE, ASIA-TROPICAL, EUROPE, NORTHERN AMERICA, SOUTHERN AMERICA
Regions (WGSRPD)
Caucasus, China, Eastern Asia, Eastern Canada, Eastern Europe, Indian Subcontinent, Indo-China, Mexico, Middle Asia, Middle Europe, Mongolia, North-Central U.S.A., Northeastern U.S.A., Northern Europe, Northwestern U.S.A., Russian Far East, Siberia, South-Central U.S.A., Southeastern Europe, Southern South America, Southwestern Europe, Southwestern U.S.A., Subarctic America, Western Asia, Western Canada
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Afghanistan, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Altay, Amur, Argentina South, Arizona, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Central European Russia, Chile Central, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colorado, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Illinois, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizistan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Kuril Is., Labrador, Magadan, Maine, Manchuria, Manitoba, Massachusetts, Mexico Northwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mongolia, Montana, Myanmar, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Northwest Territories, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Qinghai, Québec, Romania, Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, South European Russia, Spain, Svalbard, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tibet, Turkey, Tuva, Ukraine, Utah, Uzbekistan, Vermont, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia, Yukon

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