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Water Hyacinth

Eichhornia crassipes ยท Pontederiaceae

A free-floating aquatic with glossy rounded leaves on inflated buoyant stalks and showy lavender-blue flower spikes. A declared noxious weed across much of Australia and illegal to keep in many states.

At a glance

  • Habit
    Aquatic & Pond
  • Light
    Full Sun
  • Water
    Wet / Bog
  • Soil
    Clay Soil
  • Climate
    Tropical, Subtropical, Warm Temperate
  • Frost
    Frost-Tender
  • Mature size
    0.3 m H ร— 0.4 m W
  • Foliage
    Evergreen
  • Flowering
    Summer Flowering
  • Growth rate
    Fast-Growing
  • Maintenance
    Higher Maintenance
  • Good for