{{Short description|Species of aquatic plant}} {{Speciesbox |image = Fig._06_Cryptocoryne_spiralis.jpg |image2 = Cryptocorne_spiralis_growing_in_wild_in_Ratnagiri_district_of_Maharashtra_East_coast.jpg |genus = Cryptocoryne |species = spiralis |authority = (Retz.) Fisch. ex Wydler (1830) }}

'''''Cryptocoryne spiralis''''' is a plant [[species]] belonging to the [[Araceae]] [[genus]] ''[[Cryptocoryne]]''.

==Distribution== Endemic to India.<ref>Cook, CDK (1996) ''Aquatic and Wetland Plants of India: A reference Book and Identification Manual for the Vascular Plants Found in Permanent or Seasonal Fresh water in the Subcontinent of India South of the Himalayas''. Oxford University Press, New York, NY. 385 pp.</ref>

==Leaf morphology== Leaves are lanceolate and extremely variable, some variations are red stems, furrows in leaf margins, pure green forms.{{Cn|date=May 2021}}

[[File:Cryptocorne_spiralis_var_spiralis_submerged_growth.jpg|thumb|right| ''Cryotocorne spiralis'' var. ''sprialis'' growing submerged; this variety has red stems and furrowed leaves]]

==Inflorescence== The flower of ''C. spiralis'' is within a [[spathe]] which is curled clockwise, a distinctive feature of this species.{{Cn|date=May 2021}} [[File:Cryotocorne spiralis inflorescence Spathe.jpg|thumb|right|Spathe of ''C. spiralis'' var. ''sprialis'']]

==Rhizome== ''Cryotocorne sprialis'' stores nutrients in underground rhizome, during the dry season when the marshes dry out, plant survives by losing all its leaves and becoming dormant. Next season when the rains come the rhizome sprouts new leaves.{{Cn|date=May 2021}} [[File:Cryotocorne sprialis rhizome.jpg|thumb|Rhizome of ''C. sprialis'']]

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20120207204756/http://nas.er.usgs.gov/taxgroup/plants/docs/cryp_beckettii.htm Nonindigenous Aquatic Species USA]

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[[Category:Cryptocoryne|spiralis]] [[Category:Aquatic plants]]