Eichhornia crassipes
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Read about Eichhornia crassipes in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Eichhornia crassipes, Solms (E. speciosa, Kunth. Pontederia crassipes, Mart.). Fig. 1384. Lvs. in tufts, all constricted at the middle, bladder-like below, sheathed, many-nerved: scape 1 ft. long, with wavy-margined sheaths at and above the middle; fls. about 8 in a loose spike, pale violet, 6-lobed, the upper lobe larger and having a large patch of blue, with an oblong or pear-shaped spot of bright yellow in the middle; stamens 3 long and 3 short, all curved upward toward the tip. Brazil. B.M. 2932 (as Pontederia azurea). I.H. 34:14. A.F. 5:511. Var. major, Hprt., has rosy lilac fls. Var. aurea, Hort., has yellowish fls. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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