Plants : ElatinaceaeFerns and Flowering Plants

Elatine hydropiper L.

Eight-stamened Waterwort

Description: This is a tiny submerged or lakeside aquatic plant, local in occurrence although where found it can be abundant in quantity. Its main area in Northern Ireland is south-east County Down, County Armagh and the Lough Neagh shores.

All names: Elatine hydropiper L.

Distribution Map from NBN: Elatine hydropiper at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Elatine hydropiper at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

 Hackney, P., 2026. Elatine hydropiper. L.. [In] Flora of Northern Ireland.
https://habitas.org/flora/species.php?item=2984. Accessed on 2026-11-02.