Native & Naturalized Plants of the Carolinas & Georgia


1137

Forb
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in Piedmont, rare in Mountains)
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Look for it in marshes, pond-shores, lake-shores, per Weakley's Flora

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full sun Aquatic ...Wet

LEAVES:
Simple
Basal

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Blue
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!



WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/7/08):
Pontederia cordata var. cordata   FAMILY Pontederiaceae

LESS THAN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pontederia cordata   FAMILY Pontederiaceae

LESS THAN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 039-02-001:
Pontederia cordata   FAMILY Pontederiaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
Heartleaf Pickerelweed, Wampee