Aquatic plants Flashcards
Stratiotes aloides
Floating, oxygenating aquatic
British wild submerged and floating, but anchored water plant
perennial forming rosettes of narrow, sharp-pointed leaves to 45cm in length, with white flowers, 3cm across, in mid-summer
Eichhornia crassipes (water hyacinth)
Floating aquatic
fast growing perennials with beautiful purple flowers that appear from late summer to early autumn
not frost hardy, invasive in warmer climates
Nymphaea ‘Marliacea Chromatella’
Deep-water aquatic
aquatic perennial with purple-marbled floating leaves 15-20cm wide
cupped light yellow flowers 15cm across, with orange stamens in spring and summer
undisturbed water in full sun.
Nymphoides peltata
Floating Heart or Water Fringe
Deep water aquatic, native
Attractive heart-shaped mottled foliage and bright yellow fringed flowers 2.5cm across in summer
Myosotis scorpioides
water forget-me-not
marginal aquatic plant
bright blue, white or yellow-eyed flowers 8mm across with a long flowering season (May to September).
It thrives in wet soil but will also grow completely submerged.
Newts use the leaves to lay eggs.
Grow in sun or shade.
Caltha palustris
marsh marigold
Marginal aquatic plant
rhizomatous herbaceous perennial to 50cm, with rounded, rich green leaves and clusters of deep yellow flowers 4cm in width in spring
Full sun
Gunnera manicata
Bog plant
very robust herbaceous perennial, forming a spreading clump of lobed, rounded, rough-textured leaves with spiny stems 1-2m in width. Tiny red-brown flowers are borne in erect panicles to 1m in height
Grow in permanently moist, humus-rich soil in full sun or partial shade. Shelter from cold drying winds.
Cornus alba
Bog plant
Decorative red stems in winter.
most soil conditions; tolerates partial shade but colours best in sun
Pistia stratiotes
Floating aquatic
Water lettuce
Nmyphaea ‘Attraction’
Deep water plant
