genus
Frog-bit
Limnobium
Field notes
Hydrocharis is a genus of aquatic plants in the family Hydrocharitaceae described as a genus by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. Species range across much of Europe and Asia, northwestern and central Africa, New Guinea, and the Americas from the eastern and central United States to Argentina and Chile. Species are naturalized in parts of California, northeastern North America, southern tropical Africa, and Australia.
The best known species is Hydrocharis morsus-ranae, commonly called common frogbit or European frog's-bit, and occasionally water-poppy.
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Range
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 frog-bit All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
