Pickerelweed
Scientific Name:Pontederia cordata


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Pickerelweed
Genus species: Pontederia cordata
Common Name: Pickerelweed
Family Name: Pontederiaceae  
Perennial herbs, rooted or floating in water; leaves basal or alternate, simple; flowers bisexual, irregular or nearly regular, solitary or in spikes; fruit a capsule.
Seed Type: Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Introduced Native
Category:Aquatic
Flower Color:Violet/Blue
Identified by:M. Becus
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