Monochoria hastata (L.) Solms

English: Arrow-Leaf Monochoria

Mandarin: 箭叶雨久花 (jian ye yu jiu hua)

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Liliopsida (397)

      Order: Liliales (111)

        Family: Pontederiaceae (5)(family description)

          Genus: Monochoria (2)

            Epithet: hastata (L.) Solms (2)

hastata => spear or halberd-like (hasta, spear)

Climate: tropical

Habitat: hydrophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: blue, purple, violet

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World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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• [422] Monochoria hastata (L.) Solms-Laub. - Federal Noxious Weed Disseminules of the U.S.
• [1609] Monochoria hastata - Flora of China @ efloras.org