Plantaginaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Hippuris vulgaris

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Hippuris vulgaris is an erect, herbaceous perennial plant growing from a creeping rootstock and forming a cluster of unbranched stems 10 - 150cm long, or even longer in running water[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and a medicine. It is cultivated as an ornamental in ponds. Hippuris vulgaris is widespread with stable populations and does not face any major threats in the majority of its range. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2014)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeFound through most of the Temperate zone, especially in the northern Hemisphere

HabitatPond margins, ditches etc, preferring base-rich water[ 17 Title Flora of the British Isles. Publication Author Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1962 ISBN - Description A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures. ]. Stagnant and slow-running waters, small water bodies, bogs (European alder, cottongrass and sedge), solonchakous places, muddy lake shores; at elevations up to 5,000 metres[ 74 Title Flora of the USSR. Publication Author Komarov. V. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Israel Program for Scientific Translation Year 1968 ISBN - Description An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet. , 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ].