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Eichhornia crassipes
water hyacinth
Synonyms
Botanical details
- Family
- Pontederiaceae
- Native to the UK
- No
- Potentially harmful
- Genus
Eichhornia
- Genus description
Eichhornia are rhizomatous, marginal to deep-water perennials. Submerged leaves are linear to strap-shaped, floating and aerial leaves rounded or heart-shaped. Showy, funnel-shaped flowers are carried in upright spikes in summer
- Name status
Unresolved
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