Luronium natans is a species of aquatic plant commonly known as the floating water-plantain. It is the only recognized species in the genus Luronium, native to western and central Europe, from Spain to Britain to Norway east to Ukraine.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Floating water-plantain being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Sagittaria filiformis
- Ottelia ovalifolia
- Potamogeton diversifolius
- Potamogeton cheesemanii
- Sagittaria natans
- Aponogeton distachyos
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Alismatales
- Family
- Alismataceae
- Genus
- Luronium
- Species
- Luronium natans
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