Alisma plantago-aquatica, Common Water-plantain - Seeds - plants - dried herbs

Common names: Common water-plantain, mad-dog weed, European water-plantain

Botanical name & synonyms: Alisma plantago-aquatica, Alisma angustifolia, Alisma brevipes, Alisma cordifolium, Alisma coreanum, Alisma jianshiensis, Alisma latifolia, Alisma major, Alisma orientale, Alisma paniculatum, Alisma subcordatum, Alisma verticillatum, Echinodorus vulgaris

Family: Water-plantains (Alismataceae)

• native to circumpolar in Northern hemisphere
  

• perennial
  

• 20 to 90cm
  

• flower VI to VIII
  

• plant community: shore

• medicinal & poison plant
  

• weight of 1000 seeds = 0,35 gram