Eichhornia Crassipes Mart. Solms Stock Photography

Floating. Fibrous roots, black brown. The stems are very short, and the creeping branches are light green. Leaves at base with rosette arrangement; leaf blade orbicular, surface dark green; petiole length ranging from within the chamber consists of many polygonal columnar cells, vascular interspersed, yellow green to green; petioles with yellow green bracts sheathlike; scape multiple spikes; usually with 9-12 flower; corolla blue purple petals, slightly zygomorphic, around the purple red, the middle 1 blue, yellow spots in the blue central base of perianth segments connate into a tube; stamens adnate to perianth tube; filaments with glandular hairs; anthers blue gray; pollen yellow; ovary long pyriform; style ca. 2 cm; stigmas densely glandular hairs. Capsule oval. The flowering period is 7-10 months, and the fruit period is 8-11 months.