pickerelweed

pick·er·el·weed

P0286600 (pĭk′ər-əl-wēd′, pĭk′rəl-)n. A freshwater plant (Pontederia cordata) of eastern North America, having heart-shaped leaves with long petioles and spikes of violet-blue flowers.

pickerelweed

(ˈpɪkərəlˌwiːd; ˈpɪkrəl-) n (Plants) any of several North American freshwater plants of the genus Pontederia, esp P. cordata, having arrow-shaped leaves and purple flowers: family Pontederiaceae

pick•er•el•weed

(ˈpɪk ər əlˌwid, ˈpɪk rəl-)

n. any of several North American aquatic plants of the genus Pontederia, esp. P.cordata, with spikes of blue flowers, common in shallow fresh waters. [1645–55]

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pickerelweed - American plant having spikes of blue flowers and growing in shallow water of streams and pondspickerel weed, Pontederia cordata, wampeegenus Pontederia, Pontederia - pickerelweedaquatic plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant, water plant - a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth

pickerelweed

pickerelweed,

common name for the Pontederiaceae, a family of chiefly tropical perennial aquatic herbs found in freshwater. The pickerelweeds (genus Pontederia) range north into temperate regions, including most of the E United States and Canada. The water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes), a native of tropical America, has spread widely and is so prolific that it has clogged many waterways in the S United States and in other areas, including Java, Australia, and the Great Lakes region of E Africa. It is sometimes cultivated in tanks and ponds for its ornamental foliage and blue-violet flowers. The pickerelweed family is classified in the division MagnoliophytaMagnoliophyta
, division of the plant kingdom consisting of those organisms commonly called the flowering plants, or angiosperms. The angiosperms have leaves, stems, and roots, and vascular, or conducting, tissue (xylem and phloem).
..... Click the link for more information. , class Liliopsida, order Liliales.

pickerelweed

Related to pickerelweed: Duck potato, arrow arum, Pontederia cordata, Peltandra virginica, yellow pond lily

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Synonyms for pickerelweed

noun American plant having spikes of blue flowers and growing in shallow water of streams and ponds

Synonyms

pickerel weed
Pontederia cordata
wampee

Related Words

genus Pontederia
Pontederia
aquatic plant
hydrophyte
hydrophytic plant
water plant