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Project Noah is a tool to explore and document wildlife and a platform to harness the power of citizen scientists everywhere.
Eichhornia crassipes
With broad, thick, glossy, ovate leaves, water hyacinth may rise above the surface of the water as much as 1 meter in height. The leaves are 10–20 cm across, and float above the water surface. They have long, spongy and bulbous stalks. The feathery, freely hanging roots are purple-black. An erect stalk supports a single spike of 8-15 conspicuously attractive flowers, mostly lavender to pink in colour with six petals.
Water hyacinth is a free-floating perennial aquatic plant native to tropical and sub-tropical South America.
Lat: 50.96, Long: 4.32
Spotted on May 17, 2012
Submitted on Jun 1, 2012
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