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Eichhornia
Also called Pickerelweed, Pontederia, Pickerel Weed, Pickerel Weeds
Eichhornia is a former genus of floating aquatic perennials in the pickerelweed family (Pontederiaceae), now merged into Pontederia; its best-known member is the common water hyacinth, P. crassipes. Grow them floating in still, nutrient-rich water in warm climates.
Eichhornia, commonly called water hyacinths, was a polyphyletic genus of the aquatic flowering plants family Pontederiaceae. Since it was consistently recovered in three independent lineages, it has been sunk into Pontederia, together with Monochoria. Each of the three lineages is currently recognized as subgenera in Pontederia:
Pontederia subg. Cabanisia, which includes P. meyeri, P. paniculata (the Brazilian water hyacinth), and P. paradoxa
Pontederia azurea · Monochoria korsakowii · Pontederia vaginalis · Pickerelweed · Floating Water Hyacinth · Pontederia sagittata · Pickerelweed
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
