An ornamental water plant with long oval floating leaves and erect aromatic flower spikes, native to the South African province of Western Cape where the flower spikes are used in cooking.
Aponogeton distachyus, family Aponogetonaceae
Example sentencesExamples
- Apart from the water hawthorn, which has barely flowered this year, everything I have planted has grown at an astonishing rate, sending out roots and suckers, seeding new plants.
- The real value in the water hawthorn is its growth cycle.
- And add plant oxygenators, like Vallisneria and plant these next to water hawthorns or water lilies.
- There are much less likely to consume your water hawthorn and oxygenators.