Water Hyacinth (Eichornia Crassipes)
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Water hyacinth grows in all types of freshwaters environments. This plant varies in size from a few inches to over three feet tall. They have showy lavender flowers and the leaves are rounded and leathery, attached to spongy and sometimes inflated stalks. Water hyacinth has dark feathery roots and may be confused with frog’s-bit
Water hyacinth spreads rapidly by producing stolons or "daughter" plants. Water hyacinth will never be completely eradicated, however management is necessary to control its rapid growth, as the mats forms, it can double its size in 6-18 days.
full sun