''Alisma nanum'' is a species of plant in the

Alismataceae The water-plantains (Alismataceae) are a family of flowering plants, comprising 20 genera (17 extant and 3 fossil) and 119 species. The family has a cosmopolitan distribution, with the greatest number of species in temperate regions of the Northe ...

. It is endemic to

Xinjiang Xinjiang,; , SASM/GNC romanization, SASM/GNC: Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Sinkiang, officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People' ...

in western

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

, where it grows in marshes at elevations of about 600 m.Cui, Da-fang. 1992. Bulletin of Botanical Research, Harbin 12(4): 369–371, f. 1

References

nanum Freshwater plants Endemic flora of China Flora of Xinjiang Plants described in 1992 {{alismatales-stub