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Hottonia inflata
Also called Featherfoil
American featherfoil is a submerged or floating aquatic wildflower native to the eastern and central United States, grown in ponds and water gardens where it stays wet. The key to growing it is keeping its roots in mud or shallow still water.
Hottonia inflata, the American featherfoil or featherfoil, is an aquatic plant in the family Primulaceae.
Featherfoil occurs sporadically in the eastern United States, from Texas to Maine, in the coastal plains along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hottonia inflata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
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.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
