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Heteranthera limosa (Sw.) Willd.
blue mudplantain

       
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Photo of Heteranthera limosa (Sw.) Willd.
Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United States, TX. Usage Requirements.
 
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Heteranthera limosa (Sw.) Willd.

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Synonyms:
Heteranthera limosa (Sw.) Willd.

  POLI7 Pontederia limosa Sw.
 

Distribution:
Heteranthera limosa (Sw.) Willd.

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Distribution Map Legend

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:

USA (AR, AZ, CA, CO, FL, IA, IL, KS, KY, LA, MN, MO, MS, NE, NM, OK, SD, TN, TX), USA+ (PR)
 

Related Taxa:
Heteranthera limosa (Sw.) Willd.

View 5 genera in Pontederiaceae, 7 species in Heteranthera
 

Classification:
Heteranthera limosa (Sw.) Willd.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass Liliidae
Order Liliales
Family Pontederiaceae – Water-Hyacinth family
Genus Heteranthera Ruiz & Pav. – mudplantain
Species Heteranthera limosa (Sw.) Willd. – blue mudplantain
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Heteranthera limosa (Sw.) Willd.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Kentucky:
blue mud-plantain              Special Concern
Minnesota:
mud plantain              Threatened
Tennessee:
blue mud-plantain              Threatened
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Heteranthera limosa (Sw.) Willd.

blue mudplantain
ducksalad

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

SWSS        Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Heteranthera limosa (Sw.) Willd.

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL NO NO NO NO NI* NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Heteranthera limosa (Sw.) Willd.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 42618.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

 

Related Web Sites:
Heteranthera limosa (Sw.) Willd.

FL-Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants

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UC Davis, IPM: abstract & images

 
 
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