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Thursday - July 21, 2011
From: Lincoln, NE
Region: Midwest
Topic: Plant Identification
Title: Identification of Sagittaria-like plant with purple flowers
Answered by: Nan Hampton
QUESTION:
I have collected a wetland plant that I can't seem to identify. Its an emergent plant collected along with a species of sagittaria. Very similar in leaf structure to an sagittaria or alisima, but it has purplish/blue flowers. Any Ideas?ANSWER:
I think your plant is probably Pontederia cordata (Pickerelweed). Here are more photos and information from the Virginia Tech Weed Identification Guide and Illinois Wildflowers.
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