Author 'Pjenot' (Id 172948 ) : Water hyacinth
Water hyacinth, which is not part of the family of the true hyacinth, is an aquatic macrophyte whose stems form dense floating mats.
Its leaves are epaisses, waxy, rounded and lustrees, and stand well above the surface of the water on stems. They are grossierement oviformes circular a, 10 a 20 centimetres in diameter, ourlees on the edges, which are corrugated. The veins of the leaves are dense, many in almond and longitudinal. The flower heads are straight, about 50 cm long and are each from 8 to 15 Flowers showy compiled in epi. The flowers have six petaloidal, blue violace a rosatres, petale Summit showing a yellow spot. The fruit is a capsule which can contain up to 450 seeds.
Eichhornia crassipes has a bulbous and spongy rhizome measuring up to 6 cm in diameter and 30 cm in length. The roots are black violacees and pen
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