כף-צפרדע איזמלנית
| Scientific name: | Alisma lanceolatum With. | |
| Common name: | Narrow-Leaved Water-plantain | |
| Hebrew name: | כף-צפרדע איזמלנית | |
| Nederlandse naam: | Slanke waterweegbree | |
| Family: | Alismataceae, Water-plantains, כף-הצפרדע |
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| Life form: | Hemicryptophyte | |
| Leaves: | Alternate, rosette, entire | |
| Flowers: | Pink petals | |
| Flowering Period: | March, April, May, June, July, August, September | |
| Habitat: | Humid habitats | |
| Distribution: | Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands | |
| Chorotype: | Euro-Siberian - Med - Irano-Turanian | |
| Summer shedding: | Perennating |
Derivation of the botanical name: Alisma, αλισμα, name for a water plant used by Dioscorides, and adopted by Carolus Linnaeus. From halismos "movement of the sea," from hals, halos "sea". lanceolatum, lancea, "lance, spear", atus,"with, shaped, made"; meaning lance shaped. The Hebrew word: כף-צפרדע, Kaf-Sphardea, (frog spoon); Leonhart Fuchs (1501–1566), a German physician and botanist wrote, the water plantain would also be called "Froschlöffel" (frog spoon), because the leaves are shaped like spoons, and it would growing where frogs live.
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