Plants Profile for Eichhornia azurea (anchored water hyacinth)

General Information
Symbol:	EIAZ2
Group:	Monocot
Family:	Pontederiaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb
Native Status:	L48 I PR I
Data Source and Documentation

	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

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Synonyms

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Liliidae
Order	Liliales
Family	Pontederiaceae – Water-Hyacinth family
Genus	Eichhornia Kunth – water hyacinth
Species	Eichhornia azurea (Sw.) Kunth – anchored water hyacinth

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

Noxious Weed Information
This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.
United States: anchored waterhyacinth Noxious weed
Alabama anchored waterhyacinth Class A noxious weed
Arizona anchored water hyacinth Prohibited noxious weed
California anchored waterhyacinth Quarantine
Florida Eichhornia waterhyacinth Prohibited aquatic plant, Class 1
Massachusetts anchored waterhyacinth Prohibited
North Carolina anchored waterhyacinth Class A noxious weed
Oregon anchored waterhyacinth Quarantine
South Carolina rooted water hyacinth Invasive aquatic plant anchored waterhyacinth, rooted waterhyacinth Plant pest
Texas rooted waterhyacinth Noxious plant
Vermont anchored waterhyacinth Class A noxious weed

U.S. Weed Information
Eichhornia Eichhornia azurea anchored water hyacinth This plant and the related entity italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below.This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.
US	USDA, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ). 2012. Federal noxious weed list (1 February 2012). USDA, APHIS, PPQ. Washington, DC.
STATE	Assorted authors. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

Top Level Regions
Caribbean	OBL

North America
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain	OBL
Great Plains	OBL