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Frogbit or frog's bit is a common name for several plants in the family
Hydrocharitaceae Hydrocharitaceae is a flowering plant family which includes 14 accepted genera and a total of ca 135 known species (Christenhusz & Byng 2016). The family holds a number of species of aquatic plants, including tape-grass, the well-known Canadian ...
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Hydrocharis morsus-ranae ''Hydrocharis morsus-ranae L.'' is a species of the genus ''Hydrocharis'' known by the common name European frog-bit. It is a free-floating flowering plant that bears small white flowers. ''"Morsus-ranae"'' means "frog bite" in Latin, and it is ...
'' – European frogbit *''
Hydrocharis laevigata ''Hydrocharis laevigata'' is a floating aquatic plant, and is a member of the family Hydrocharitaceae. Common names include West Indian spongeplant, South American spongeplant and Amazon or smooth frogbit. This plant was introduced to North Ameri ...
'' – Amazon frogbit, South American frogbit *''
Hydrocharis spongia ''Hydrocharis spongia'', commonly known as American frogbit, is a species of flowering plant in the family Hydrocharitaceae. It is native to the central and southeastern United States, where it grows in the Lower Mississippi Valley as far north a ...
'' – American frogbit


See also

* '' Ranunculus hydrocharoides'', frog's bit buttercup {{Plant common name