Eichhornia azurea (Sw.) Kunth

Flora of Bolivia
Family: Pontederiaceae
Eichhomia azurea (Sw.) Kunth
Determined by: N. Ritter (NHA), 1997
Department of Santa Cruz
Province of Herman Busch
Laguna Caceras, below the town of Puerto Suarez.
Elevation: ca. 120 m. Approximate center of the
collecting area: 18°53'19"S. 57°51'00"W.
Aquatic herb, with inflated, floating
petioles. Abundant. Flowers
purple with a yellow patch.
Habitat: a large floating mat of
aquatic vegetation, with abundant
Eichhomia azurea, Pontederia
rotundifolia, Limnobium laevigatum, V^v-^
Oxycaiyum cubense and various
grasses.
July 14, 1997	#4212
Collected by: Nur Ritter, Garrett Crow and Charlyn
Crow
Hodgdon Herbarium
University of New Hampshire
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