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Pontederia cordata
Pickerel Pick"er*el, n. [Dim. of Pike.] [Written also pickerell.] 1. A young or small pike. [Obs.] Bet [better] is, quoth he, a pike than a pickerel. --Chaucer. 2. (Zo["o]l.) (a) Any one of several species of freshwater fishes of the genus Esox, esp. the smaller species. (b) The glasseye, or wall-eyed pike. See Wall-eye. Note: The federation, or chain, pickerel (Esox reticulatus) and the brook pickerel (E. Americanus) are the most common American species. They are used for food, and are noted for their voracity. About the Great Lakes the pike is called pickerel. Pickerel weed (Bot.), a blue-flowered aquatic plant (Pontederia cordata) having large arrow-shaped leaves. So called because common in slow-moving waters where pickerel are often found.

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- Pontederia is a genus of tristylous aquatic plants, members of which are commonly known as pickerel weeds. Pontederia is endemic to the Americas, distributed...
- Pontederia cr****ipes (formerly Eichhornia cr****ipes), commonly known as common water hyacinth, is an aquatic plant native to South America, naturalized...
- Pontederia cordata, common name pickerelweed (USA) or pickerel weed (UK), is a monocotyledonous aquatic plant native to the Americas. It grows in a variety...
- Pontederia ****lis Conservation status Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Tracheophytes Clade: Angiosperms Clade:...
- sunk into Pontederia, together with Monochoria. Each of the three lineages is currently recognized as subgenera in Pontederia: Pontederia subg. Cabanisia...
- Pontederia azurea is a water hyacinth from the Americas, sometimes known as anc****d water hyacinth. It is the type species of Pontederia subg. Eichhornia...
- with around 40 known species. It is best known for the water hyacinth (Pontederia cr****ipes), which is an invasive species in many waterways. The highly...
- (illustrator). New York: The Free Press. p. 117. ISBN 978-0-7432-2220-4. "Pontederia cr****ipes Mart". World Flora Online. Retrieved 13 December 2023. "Reynoutria...
- & C.N.Horn Pontederia cyanea (F.Muell.) M.Pell. & C.N.Horn Pontederia elata (Ridl.) M.Pell. & C.N.Horn Pontederia hastata L. Pontederia korsakowii (Regel...
- woody tissue. Examples include: Cr****ula helmsii – New Zealand Stonecrop Pontederia cordata – Pickerell weed Stratiotes aloides – Water Soldier which sinks...