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water lettuce
Pistia stratiotes
Pistia stratiotes
water lettuce Arum/Calla-lily Family
Pistia stratiotes Araceae
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common names
  water lettuce
  water-lettuce
  apon-apon
  laitue d'eau
  lechuguita de agua
  pistie
  tropical duckweed
accepted scientific name
  Pistia stratiotes L.
rules for finding collection records
  Pistia stratiotes (30)
family name
  • Araceae
Image Author: ©2011 Anthony Valois and the National Park Service
Image License: public domain
Image Source
Category: Wildflowers, Aquatic Plants
Flowers: One petal
Petal colors: color
Leaf: Basal
Plant Observed All Year
Not native. Naturalized in Hawaii.

How Likely at this Location (14%)
Name Match (100%)
Plant Showiness (27%)
where plant found
mag select

Disturbed
Aquatic
Riparian
Wetland
Sand
Salt Marsh
Rocky
Meadow
Grassland
grid lines base


Names

Accepted Scientific Name

Pistia stratiotes   L.   (TSN: 42542, Index: 912)


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