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Pontederia cordata L.

pickerelweed (Pontederiaceae)

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Pontederia cordata is an aquatic plant with distinctive rounded, cordate leaves and spikes of blue or purple flowers; it is native to the Americas, and can be a dangerous invasive elsewhere.

Bangor (VC49: Caernarvonshire); 2020-08-07

 pickerelweed / Pontederia cordata: _Pontederia cordata_ is an aquatic plant with distinctive rounded, cordate leaves and spikes of blue or purple flowers; it is native to the Americas, and can be a dangerous invasive elsewhere.

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