Pickerelweed
Pontederia cordata L. - Water-Hyacinth familySize
Mature Height: Up to around 4.0 feet
Plant Type: Forb/herb
Features
Flower Color: Blue, Purple
Conspicuous Flowers: Yes
Bloom Time: Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Fall
Conditions
Shade Tolerance: Intermediate
Ecosystem Interactions
Pollinators: Native Bees; Bombus; Honey Bees; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Butterflies; Larval Host (Moth); Hummingbirds
Larval Species depending on Pickerelweed: Bellura densa, Bellura gortynoides, Bellura obliqua, Pyrrhia exprimens
Native Range
- USA: Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin
- MEX: Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest
- CAN: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward I., Québec
State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.