Plants Profile for Monochoria vaginalis (heartshape false pickerelweed)

General Information
Symbol:	MOVA
Group:	Monocot
Family:	Pontederiaceae
Duration:	Annual Perennial
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb
Native Status:	HI I L48 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

Images

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Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name
MOVAP	Monochoria vaginalis (Burm. f.) C. Presl ex Kunth var. pauciflora (Blume) Merr.
POVA8	Pontederia vaginalis Burm. f.

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	Monochoria C. Presl – monochoria
Species	Monochoria vaginalis (Burm. f.) C. Presl ex Kunth – heartshape false pickerelweed

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: pickerel weed Noxious weed
Alabama pickerel weed Class A noxious weed
California pickerel weed Quarantine
Florida Prohibited aquatic plant, Class 1
Massachusetts pickerel weed Prohibited
North Carolina heartshape falsepickerelweed Class A noxious weed
Oregon pickerel weed Quarantine
South Carolina monochoria Invasive aquatic plant monochoria Plant pest
Vermont pickerel weed Class A noxious weed

U.S. Weed Information
Monochoria vaginalis heartshape false pickerelweed pickerel weed This plant 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
Hawaii	OBL

North America
Arid West	OBL
Western Mountains, Valleys, and Coast	OBL