Eichhornia crassipes (Martius) Solms-Laubach

Spice Detail flower Flower Leaf In the field

Family: PONTEDERIACEAE

Genus: Eichhornia

Catalan common name: Eicòrnia. Jacint d'aigua.

Spanish common name: Amalote. Buchón. Camalotes. Jacinto de agua. Lampazo. Taruya. Violeta de agua.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Neotropical

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Hydrophyte.

Habitats: Garden plants. Gardens.

Characteristics: An aquatic rhizomatous plant with leaves in a rosette with a very swollen petiole and a cordiform lamina, a glossy green in colour. Develops a very evident and beautiful spike that bears large tubular flowers, violet in colour.