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Pickeral weed

Pontedaria cordata

Description:

light purple blooms, leaves a bit like water hyacinth

Habitat:

growing in a wet area near a cliff edge

Notes:

I spotted this while on my way to repel down a cliff.

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Pickeral weed
Pontedaria cordata Pontederia cordata | BSBI Species Accounts


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5 Comments

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 12 years ago

Thanks Craig, that's the one. I think you have the same one monkey-mind and np.

hey, I think I´ve got the same sp: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/765...

craigwilliams
craigwilliams 12 years ago

Got it! Same family, Pontederiaceae, invasive in SA.

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 12 years ago

It was growing in water but I'm not sure. I can't find any similar matches. These flowers look smaller and the leaves look larger than what I see online. Any thoughts?

craigwilliams
craigwilliams 12 years ago

It certainly does look like an Eichornia, Dan. E.azurea would be a fitting name but that sp. doesn't look too similar.

Dan Doucette
Spotted by
Dan Doucette

Thaba Chweu Local Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa

Spotted on Feb 22, 2006
Submitted on Jun 22, 2011

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