Water Plantain
Alisma spp.
Alisma canaliculatum var. harimense by Show ryu (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Full Sun
Moderate watering
Frost Hardy
8a
USDA zone
-12°C
Minimum temperature
Expected size
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Flowering
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spring
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summer
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autumn
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winter
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Water Plantain Overview
A genus of 11 species of aquatic rhizomatous herbaceous perennial plants in the Alismataceae family with a wide distribution in wetland habitats worldwide. Known commonly as water-plantains, some species are cultivated as pond marginal specimens for their attractive rosettes of elliptic leaves held atop long stalks and whorls of delicate white or pink flowers in Spring.
How to propagate Water Plantain
Division
By division in spring.
Seed
Seed in late summer.
Other uses of Water Plantain
Grown for their foliage and flowers.