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Pistia stratiotes, Water Bonnets, Water Lettuce, St. Lucy
 Pistia stratiotes
Family: Araceae
Water Bonnets, Water Lettuce, St. Lucy's Plant
groundcover and low-growingfull sunsemi-shadebog or aquaticwhite/off-white flowersornamental foliageinvasiveFlood tolerantincuded in CD catalog

Water lettuce is a floating plant, it occurs in lakes, rivers and canals, occasionally forming large dense mats. As its name implies, water lettuce resembles a floating open head of lettuce and has very thick leaves which are light dull green, hairy, and ridged. There are no leaf stalks. Roots are light-colored and feathery. Flowers are inconspicuous.


 
Pistia stratiotes, Water Bonnets, Water Lettuce, St. Lucy

Pistia stratiotes, Water Bonnets, Water Lettuce, St. Lucy
Pistia stratiotes, Water Bonnets, Water Lettuce, St. Lucy
Pistia stratiotes, Water Bonnets, Water Lettuce, St. Lucy
Pistia stratiotes, Water Bonnets, Water Lettuce, St. Lucy
Pistia stratiotes, Water Bonnets, Water Lettuce, St. Lucy
Pistia stratiotes, Water Bonnets, Water Lettuce, St. Lucy
Pistia stratiotes, Water Bonnets, Water Lettuce, St. Lucy


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