| Scientific Name: | Pontederia cordata |
| Common Name: | pickerel weed |
| Family Name: | Pontederiaceae |
| Origin: | Caribbean Island, U.S. - northeast |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 3: (-40 to -34 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Aquatic plant, Herbaceous perennial, Invasive plant |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Spreading, Upright |
| Form: | Creeping / Mat-like |
| Texture: | Coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Aquatic - ponds, Attract beneficial insects, Attract butterflies, Container planting, Herb, Wetland - bogs |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Bog |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Leathery, Parallel venation, Glabrous, Lustrous, Lanceolate, Ovate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Spike, White, Blue, Jul-Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Achene, Edible, Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves alternate, blades ovate-lanceolate, base cordate-sagittate (arrow-head shaped), most 15-25cm long x 6-10cm wide, margin entire, glossy; flowers soft blue spike in summer (white cultivar available). | |