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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Monocots
  5. Aroids, Water Plantains, Seagrass, and Allies
  6. Widgeonweeds
  7. Widgeonweed

genus

Widgeonweed

Ruppia

Traits
Includes
2 native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Widgeongrass native
  • Spiral Tasselweed native
  • Ruppia didyma

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Herbaceous plants
Plant type
Perennial Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native widgeonweed All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Widgeongrass Ruppia maritima food 33
  • Spiral Tasselweed Ruppia cirrhosa food 3

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