{{Short description|Species of plant}} alt=https://tropica.com/en/plants/plantdetails/Elatinehydropiper(141TC)/18759|thumb|'''Flowering Elatine hydropiper''' {{Speciesbox | name = Eight-stamened Waterwort | image = Elatine hydropiper.jpg | genus = Elatine | species = hydropiper | authority = L. }}

'''''Elatine hydropiper''''', known as the '''eight-stamened waterwort''',<ref>{{Cite web|last=Zicha|first=Ondrej|title=BioLib: Biological library: ''Elatine hydropiper''|url=https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id3631/|access-date=2021-11-20|website=www.biolib.cz}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Elatine hydropiper L.|url=https://www.gbif.org/species/9076200|access-date=2021-11-20|website=www.gbif.org|language=en}}</ref> is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Elatinaceae.<ref name="POWO">{{cite web |title=Elatine hydropiper L. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:324690-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=10 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

Its native range is Europe to Russian Far East.<ref name="POWO" /> thumb|''Distribution map of Elatine hydropiper in Poland (in regions) (source: A. Zając & M. Zając (red.)'' It was first described by Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus in 1753.<ref name="POWO" /><ref name="l">{{cite Q|Q21856106| url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/358385|pages=367}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}}

== External links ==

* [https://www.gbif.org/species/9076200 ''Elatine hydropiper'' images & occurrence data] at GBIF {{Taxonbar|from=Q163322}}

Category:Elatinaceae Category:Botanical taxa named by Carl Linnaeus Category:Plants described in 1753 Category:Flora of Europe