Freshwater
Pickerelweed
Pontederia cordata
Pontederiaceae
Facts
Care
We have no care for this plant yet. If you know how it thrives, you can suggest it.
Range
NativeIntroduced
Lives wild in Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Cuba, Honduras, and 5 more countries.
Introduced to Australia, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, India, and United Kingdom.
More about the species
Description
Pontederia cordata, common name pickerelweed (USA) or pickerel weed (UK), is a monocotyledonous aquatic plant native to the Americas. It grows in a variety of wetlands, including pond and lake margins across an extremely large range from eastern Canada south to Argentina. A few examples include northern rivers, the Everglades and Louisiana.
Other names
Other scientific names
- Narukila cordata
- Pontederia angustifolia
- Pontederia lanceolata
- Pontederia lancifolia
- Pontederia maculata
- Pontederia mucronata
Articles
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