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Water Lettuce

Pistia stratiotes · Araceae

A free-floating aquatic forming rosettes of soft, velvety pale-green leaves resembling a floating lettuce. A declared weed in Australia and prohibited in several states.

At a glance

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

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