Pontederia sagittata C.Presl

Pontédérie cordée (fr), Pontédérie à feuilles cordées (fr), Pontédérie à feuilles en forme de cœur (fr), Jacinthe d'eau (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Commelinales > Pontederiaceae > Pontederia

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite herb. It grows 1-1.6m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 1.6
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 10-12
Soil texture 1-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Pontederia sagittata unspecified picture

Distribution

Pontederia sagittata world distribution map, present in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, and Panama

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:698184-1
WFO ID wfo-0000501261
COL ID 4LTX6
BDTFX ID 51953
INPN ID 115098
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Pontederia sagittata Pontederia cordata f. sagittata Pontederia cordata var. sagittata