Aquatic
...Wet
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Pickerelweed from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Commelinales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Pontederia cordata var. lancifolia
FAMILY
Pontederiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pontederia cordata
FAMILY
Pontederiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 039-02-001?:
Pontederia cordata
FAMILY
Pontederiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Pontederia lanceolata
COMMON NAME:
Lanceleaf Pickerelweed
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JK Marlow jkm160416_303
April Lowndes County GA
Found in marshes, pond and lake shores of the Coastal Plain, per Weakley's Flora.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_p_cordata_lance_4
July
Each plant produces a 5" spike of violet-blue flowers, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm0308a_20
August Williamsburg County SC
Leaves lanceolate, base generally cuneate to truncate, per Weakley's Flora.
COMPARE
leaves of Arrowhead, Arum, Elephant's Ear and Pickerelweed