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Flowering rush
Showy and delicate flowers of the flowering rush (Butomus umbellatus).
Algirdas
Burhead
Aquatic burhead (Echinodorus grandiflorus) in bloom.
Walter Dawn
Cuckoopint
A heat-generating inflorescence of a cuckoopint (Arum maculatum).
© Iva/stock.adobe.com
Waterweed
Bubbles studding the underwater foliage of waterweed (Elodea).
Runk Schoenberger—Grant Heilman/Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Arrow-grass
Aquatic arrow-grass (Triglochin maritima).
Ingmar Holmasen
Surf grass
Marine surf grass (Phyllospadix torreyi) at low tide.
Copyright Richard Herrmann
Taro
Edible taro corms, often called taro roots (Colocasia esculenta), for sale...
© Timbre71/Dreamstime.com
Peace lily inflorescence
A large white leafy spathe underlying a spadix in Spathiphyllum. The fleshy...
© Sydney Karp—Photo/Nats
Eelgrass
Common eelgrass (Zostera marina). A marine flowering plant, common eelgrass...
Colin Faulkingham
Water clover surrounded by duckweed. The green streaks are duckweed being moved by...
© Andrey Antov