Verify with 🔍︎ images.
Also called ♒︎ floating water hyacinth. Formerly called Eichhornia crassipes.
Part of family Pontederiaceae.
Native to the Amazon basin. 🗺 Map by county (🇺🇸 USA-48) (color key). Invasive > learn+quiz Invasive > 🌐︎ global Invasive > 🌐︎ various Invasive > 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 Canada+USA Invasive > report it! Invasive > 🇺🇸 USA Invasive > Michigan "Invasive flower threatens livelihoods of farmers, fishermen in war-torn Syria." ABC News. 2023-12-06.
Uses by native peoples(Ethnobotany database)
Biological Control in Eastern USA (page 49)
🔍︎ 🔍︎ images Discover Life Encyclopedia of Life Missouri Botanical Garden Flora of North America USDA PLANTS db USGS Wikipedia
🏠︎ ♒︎ aquatic plants