Pontederiaceae
Waterhyacinth
Pontederia crassipes
- Family
- Pontederiaceae
- Genus
- Pontederia
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Common names
By language (19)
- Afrikaans
- Waterhiasint
- Belarusian
- Водны гіяцынт
- Chinese
- 凤眼兰, 凤眼莲, 凤眼蓝, 布袋蓮, 水浮莲, 水葫芦, 浮水蓮花, 鳳眼蓮
- Czech
- Tokozelka nadmutá, Tokozelka tlustostopkatá, Tokozelka vzplývavá, Vodní hyacint
- English
- Waterhyacinth, Water hyacinth
- Finnish
- Kellusvesihyasintti
- French
- Calamote
- Indonesian
- Enceng gondok
- Italian
- Giacinto acquatico, Giacinto d'acqua
- Japanese
- 布袋葵, ウォーターヒヤシンス, ホテイソウ
- Macedonian
- Обичен воден зумбул
- Malay
- Keladi Bunting
- Malayalam
- Water hyacinth
- Polish
- Hiacynt pływający, Hiacynt wodny
- Russian
- Водяной гиацинт
- Spanish
- Aguapey, Camalote, Flor de bora, Jacinto de agua, Tarulla
- Thai
- Water Hyacinth, ตบชวา
- Tongan
- Hainite vai
- Vietnamese
- Bèo lộc bình, Bèo lục bình, Bèo Nhật Bản, Lộc bình, Lục bình
Synonyms
- Eichhornia cordifolia Gand.
- Eichhornia crassicaulis Schlecht.
- Eichhornia crassicaulis Schltr.
- Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms
- Eichhornia speciosa Kunth
- Heteranthera formosa Miq.
- Oshuna crassipes (Mart.) A.Haines
- Piaropus crassipes (Mart.) Raf.
- Piaropus crassipes (Mart.) A.Haines
- Piaropus mesomelas Raf.
- Pontederia crassicaulis Schlecht.
- Pontederia crassicaulis Schltr.
- Pontederia elongata Balf.
Flowers
- In flower
- all year (from 2,832 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: ritirene, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Attila Oláh, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: mfeaver, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: José Valério G. Escrig, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bernard DUPONT, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mattia Menchetti, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Peterkwashie, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Michael D Fox, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: TitiNicola, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: TitiNicola, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Donald Davesne, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.