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Pontederia hastata
Also called Arrowleaf Monochoria, Hastate Leaf Pondweed, Monochoria
Pontederia hastata is an aquatic or semi-aquatic flowering plant from tropical and subtropical Asia, reaching northern Australia. It grows best rooted in shallow, wet soil or at the edge of ponds and ditches, with its base submerged or in saturated mud.
Pontederia hastata is a species of flowering plant in the family Pontederiaceae, native from tropical and subtropical Asia south to the Northern Territory of Australia. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753.
Pontederia hastata is native to south-central and southeastern mainland China, Hainan, tropical Asia, and the Northern Territory of Australia.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pontederia hastata 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.
