Water Hyacinth Plant Family. Jul 26 2018 Water hyacinth Eichhornia crassipes is a free floating freshwater plant of the family Pontederiaceae that has proven to be a significant economic and ecological burden to many sub-tropical and tropical regions of the world. Some species float in shallow water.
It derives all of its nutrients from the water. Pickerelweed Pontederia cordata is an aquatic plant that is native to North America and has blue to purple flowers. It grows faster than any other plant competing with it quickly taking over a pond or river-bed As the plant spreads out over a water surface it blocks the sun so native plants cant survive.
There are seven varieties of this aquatic plant all belonging to the genus Eichhornia of the family Pontederiaceae.
Fibrous roots dangle in the water from the underside of the plant. Water hyacinth any aquatic plant of the genus Eichhornia of the pickerelweed family Pontederiaceae consisting of about five species native primarily to tropical America. Aug 01 2019 The water hyacinth Eichhornia crassipes is a large free-floating plant that inhabits stationary or slow-moving warm waters of tropical and sub-tropical regions worldwide. Fibrous roots dangle in the water from the underside of the plant.