Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Family Results

Category: Monocots
Family Name: Pontederiaceae

Eichhornia - [maps | photos]

• Eichhornia crassipes * (Mart.) Solms
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: common water hyacinth

Heteranthera - [maps | photos]

• Heteranthera dubia (Jacq.) MacMill.
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: grassleaf mud plantain

• Heteranthera limosa (Sw.) Willd. (TN Threatened)
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: blue mud plantain

• Heteranthera multiflora (Griseb.) C.N. Horn (TN Special Concern)
  Common Name: bouquet mud plantain

• Heteranthera reniformis Ruiz & Pavón
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: kidneyleaf mudplantain

Pontederia - [maps | photos]

• Pontederia cordata L.
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: pickerelweed

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*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact Dr. Jessica M. Budke or Margaret Oliver.