Index / Search / Pontederia cordata
§1 Plant
Pontederia cordata L.
vernacular pickerelweed — species · Pontederiaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Pontederiaceae Kunth
- Genus
- Pontederia
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 699 counties across 35 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- None
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- High
- Salinity
- Low
- Anaerobic
- High
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -23 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 110 min.
- Precipitation
- 40–60 in/yr
- pH range
- 4.9–8.7
- Root depth
- 10 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Bunch
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 3.2 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Blue
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Spring
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Rapid
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 5,000
- Propagation
- seed, sprigs
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- No
- Graze palatability
- Medium
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 699 counties across 35 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 61 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Bay 12005
- Bradford 12007
- Brevard 12009
- Broward 12011
- Calhoun 12013
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Collier 12021
- Columbia 12023
- DeSoto 12027
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Flagler 12035
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Glades 12043
- Gulf 12045
- Hamilton 12047
- Hardee 12049
- Hendry 12051
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Holmes 12059
- Indian River 12061
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lafayette 12067
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Madison 12079
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Martin 12085
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Okeechobee 12093
- Orange 12095
- Osceola 12097
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Sarasota 12115
- Seminole 12117
- St. Johns 12109
- Sumter 12119
- Taylor 12123
- Union 12125
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
Georgia view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Baker 13007
- Brantley 13025
- Brooks 13027
- Bryan 13029
- Camden 13039
- Chatham 13051
- Clarke 13059
- Clinch 13065
- Columbia 13073
- Decatur 13087
- Dougherty 13095
- Effingham 13103
- Glynn 13127
- Harris 13145
- Houston 13153
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Jefferson 13163
- Jenkins 13165
- Lee 13177
- Liberty 13179
- Long 13183
- Lowndes 13185
- Madison 13195
- McIntosh 13191
- Screven 13251
- Spalding 13255
- Telfair 13271
- Tift 13277
- Turner 13287
- Upson 13293
- Ware 13299
- Wayne 13305
Illinois view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Alexander 17003
- Calhoun 17013
- Cass 17017
- Cook 17031
- DeKalb 17037
- DuPage 17043
- Franklin 17055
- Fulton 17057
- Gallatin 17059
- Henderson 17071
- Kankakee 17091
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- Lee 17103
- Macoupin 17117
- Marshall 17123
- Mason 17125
- McHenry 17111
- Monroe 17133
- Peoria 17143
- Randolph 17157
- Rock Island 17161
- Schuyler 17169
- Union 17181
- Warren 17187
- Will 17197
- Winnebago 17201
Indiana view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Cass 18017
- Clark 18019
- Clay 18021
- Daviess 18027
- Elkhart 18039
- Fulton 18049
- Jasper 18073
- Jefferson 18077
- Knox 18083
- Kosciusko 18085
- Lagrange 18087
- Lake 18089
- LaPorte 18091
- Marshall 18099
- Newton 18111
- Noble 18113
- Porter 18127
- Pulaski 18131
- Putnam 18133
- St. Joseph 18141
- Starke 18149
- Steuben 18151
- Sullivan 18153
- Warren 18171
- White 18181
- Whitley 18183
Iowa view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Ascension 22005
- Assumption 22007
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Cameron 22023
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Iberia 22045
- Jefferson 22051
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- Lafayette 22055
- Lafourche 22057
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Morehouse 22067
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Plaquemines 22075
- Rapides 22079
- Richland 22083
- St. Bernard 22087
- St. Charles 22089
- St. James 22093
- St. John the Baptist 22095
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Martin 22099
- St. Mary 22101
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Terrebonne 22109
- Vermilion 22113
- West Feliciana 22125
Maine view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 51 N ▾
- Alger 26003
- Allegan 26005
- Baraga 26013
- Barry 26015
- Berrien 26021
- Branch 26023
- Calhoun 26025
- Cass 26027
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Clare 26035
- Clinton 26037
- Eaton 26045
- Emmet 26047
- Gogebic 26053
- Gratiot 26057
- Hillsdale 26059
- Houghton 26061
- Huron 26063
- Ingham 26065
- Iosco 26069
- Isabella 26073
- Jackson 26075
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Lapeer 26087
- Lenawee 26091
- Livingston 26093
- Manistee 26101
- Marquette 26103
- Mason 26105
- Mecosta 26107
- Missaukee 26113
- Monroe 26115
- Montcalm 26117
- Muskegon 26121
- Newaygo 26123
- Oakland 26125
- Oceana 26127
- Osceola 26133
- Ottawa 26139
- Presque Isle 26141
- Roscommon 26143
- Schoolcraft 26153
- Shiawassee 26155
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Minnesota view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 22 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 10 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 19 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Allegany 36003
- Bronx 36005
- Cayuga 36011
- Chautauqua 36013
- Chenango 36017
- Columbia 36021
- Cortland 36023
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Franklin 36033
- Fulton 36035
- Greene 36039
- Herkimer 36043
- Jefferson 36045
- Kings 36047
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- Niagara 36063
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Schenectady 36093
- Schuyler 36097
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Suffolk 36103
- Sullivan 36105
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
- Wyoming 36121
North Carolina view state ↗ 48 N ▾
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Chatham 37037
- Chowan 37041
- Columbus 37047
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Currituck 37053
- Dare 37055
- Duplin 37061
- Gaston 37071
- Gates 37073
- Granville 37077
- Harnett 37085
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Iredell 37097
- Jackson 37099
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Lenoir 37107
- Madison 37115
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Montgomery 37123
- Nash 37127
- New Hanover 37129
- Northampton 37131
- Onslow 37133
- Pasquotank 37139
- Pender 37141
- Perquimans 37143
- Person 37145
- Pitt 37147
- Robeson 37155
- Rockingham 37157
- Rowan 37159
- Stanly 37167
- Transylvania 37175
- Tyrrell 37177
- Vance 37181
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
- Washington 37187
- Wayne 37191
- Wilson 37195
Ohio view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Ashland 39005
- Ashtabula 39007
- Carroll 39019
- Champaign 39021
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Defiance 39039
- Erie 39043
- Franklin 39049
- Fulton 39051
- Geauga 39055
- Hamilton 39061
- Lake 39085
- Licking 39089
- Lorain 39093
- Lucas 39095
- Medina 39103
- Ottawa 39123
- Perry 39127
- Portage 39133
- Stark 39151
- Summit 39153
- Wayne 39169
- Williams 39171
Oklahoma view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Crawford 42039
- Delaware 42045
- Erie 42049
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Mercer 42085
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Susquehanna 42115
- Warren 42123
- Wayne 42127
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 4 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Allendale 45005
- Anderson 45007
- Barnwell 45011
- Charleston 45019
- Colleton 45029
- Darlington 45031
- Dorchester 45035
- Edgefield 45037
- Fairfield 45039
- Florence 45041
- Georgetown 45043
- Greenwood 45047
- Hampton 45049
- Horry 45051
- Jasper 45053
- Kershaw 45055
- Laurens 45059
- Lexington 45063
- Newberry 45071
- Spartanburg 45083
- Sumter 45085
- Williamsburg 45089
Tennessee view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Anderson 48001
- Bastrop 48021
- Brazos 48041
- Cameron 48061
- Chambers 48071
- Comanche 48093
- Dallas 48113
- Gonzales 48177
- Gregg 48183
- Guadalupe 48187
- Harris 48201
- Harrison 48203
- Henderson 48213
- Jefferson 48245
- Leon 48289
- Liberty 48291
- Madison 48313
- McLennan 48309
- Montgomery 48339
- Nacogdoches 48347
- Newton 48351
- Orange 48361
- Refugio 48391
- Robertson 48395
- Rusk 48401
- Smith 48423
- Travis 48453
- Trinity 48455
- Tyler 48457
- Walker 48471
- Wood 48499
Vermont view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 50 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Amelia 51007
- Arlington 51013
- Brunswick 51025
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Charles City 51036
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Franklin 51067
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Greensville 51081
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Nottoway 51135
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Richmond 51159
- Rockingham 51165
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Westmoreland 51193
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 45 N ▾
- Ashland 55003
- Barron 55005
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Buffalo 55011
- Burnett 55013
- Chippewa 55017
- Columbia 55021
- Dane 55025
- Fond du Lac 55039
- Forest 55041
- Grant 55043
- Green 55045
- Iowa 55049
- Iron 55051
- Jefferson 55055
- Kenosha 55059
- Kewaunee 55061
- La Crosse 55063
- Langlade 55067
- Lincoln 55069
- Marathon 55073
- Marinette 55075
- Marquette 55077
- Menominee 55078
- Milwaukee 55079
- Oconto 55083
- Oneida 55085
- Ozaukee 55089
- Pepin 55091
- Polk 55095
- Price 55099
- Racine 55101
- Rusk 55107
- Sawyer 55113
- Taylor 55119
- Vilas 55125
- Walworth 55127
- Washburn 55129
- Washington 55131
- Waukesha 55133
- Waupaca 55135
- Waushara 55137
- Winnebago 55139
- Wood 55141
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/POCO14 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2766030 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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