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19 results for family: Pontederiaceae. More search options
FamilyScientific Name Common NameHabitatDistributionImage
PontederiaceaeCabanisiaimage of plant
PontederiaceaeCabanisia paniculataBrazilian Water-hyacinthDrainage ditches; apparently only a waif.Native of tropical America, not collected in our region since 1907 (Horn in FNA 2002a; Small 1933).image of plant
PontederiaceaeEichhorniaWater Hyacinthimage of plant
PontederiaceaeEichhornia azureaRooted Water-hyacinthDitches, rivers.Native of s. Mexico to South America, and West Indies.image of plant
PontederiaceaeHeterantheraMud-plantainimage of plant
PontederiaceaeHeteranthera dubiaWater StargrassStreams, rivers, lakes, reservoirs, especially in areas with calcareous substrates.QC west to WA, south to Cuba and Central America, but rare or absent in much of the se. United States. The attribution of this species to SC is in error (as by Kartesz 1999), based on a misidentified specimen (C. Horn, pers. comm.).image of plant
PontederiaceaeHeteranthera limosaBlue Mud-PlantainShallow water and muddy shores of rivers, ponds, lakes, and reservoirs, wet ditches, agricultural fields, other wet areas.KY, MN, SD, and CO, south to AL (Diamond & Woods 2009), MS, LA, TX, and AZ; Mexico, Central and South America, West Indies. Attributed to VA in Small (1933), but the documentation is not known.image of plant
PontederiaceaeHeteranthera mexicanaMexican Mud-PlantainIn ditches and ponds, apparently ephemeral in appearance depending on rainfall.N. and s. TX south into Mexico.image of plant
PontederiaceaeHeteranthera missouriensisMississippi Mud-Plantain, Missouri Mud-PlantainIn shallow, stagnant water in floodplains, or emersed on mud, also ditches.IL west to NE, south to MS, centered in the Mississippi River Alluvial Plain.image of plant
PontederiaceaeHeteranthera paucifloraAtlantic Mud-Plantain, Few-flowered Mud-PlantainIn shallow, stagnant water in floodplains (including freshwater tidal), or emersed on mud.On the Atlantic Coastal Plain from NJ south through PA to ne. NCimage of plant
PontederiaceaeHeteranthera reniformisKidneyleaf Mud-PlantainIn shallow, stagnant water in floodplains, or emersed on mud.CT west to NE, south to FL and TX and into South America; West Indies. First reported for SC by Hill & Horn (1997).image of plant
PontederiaceaeHeteranthera rotundifoliaRoundleaf Mud-PlantainPonds.KY (Larue County; Medley 1993), IL, nw. IA, sw. MN, SD, n. CO, and CA south to n. AR, se. TX, NM, and Mexico and Central America; West Indies.image of plant
PontederiaceaeOshunaWater-hyacinthimage of plant
PontederiaceaeOshuna crassipesWater-hyacinthPonds, ditches, sluggish water.Native of tropical America. O. crassipes is "generally considered the world's most serious aquatic weed" (Rosatti 1987). Originally native to tropical South America, O. crassipes is now a widespread naturalized weed throughout the tropics and subtropics. In the northern part our area, water hyacinth is rare, probably not long persisting. Farther south, it can be an aggressive aquatic weed.image of plant
PontederiaceaePontederiaPickerelweedimage of plant
PontederiaceaePontederia cordata var. cordataHeartleaf PickerelweedSwamps, seepage areas, marshes, pond-shores, lake-shores.NS west to MN, south to s. FL and TX; Belize; s. Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay.image of plant
PontederiaceaePontederia cordata var. lancifoliaLanceleaf PickerelweedMarshes, pond-shores, lake-shores.S. MA (alleged to occur as far north as ME, but these reports may be entirely based on misidentifications of var. cordata) to s. FL, west to e. TX, mostly on the Coastal Plain, with a few records around the Great Lakes; Cuba; s. Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay.image of plant
PontederiaceaePontederia rotundifoliaTropical PickerelweedS. Mexico to Argentina.
PontederiaceaePontederiaceaePickerelweed Familyimage of plant