Widely deal by nurseries for home aquatic garden , the pee hyacinth(Eichornia crassipes ) has an exceptionally invasive characteristic . A native of South America , the plant has successfully naturalized around the world . Its trespassing tendencies and its ability to chop-chop multiply threaten native plant life life-time . The works reproduces through flowering , which produces an abundant seed crop , and vegetatively .

Flowering Times

In areas with inclement conditions , the piss hyacinth produces efflorescence in the tardy summertime and other fall months . In neighborhood with year - round warm weather such as Florida , the industrial plant blooms continuously . The water hyacinth floats freely across the surface of the piss but can root into mud . It garners its nutrients from the water . It farm peak that valuate up to 3 inches encompassing . They appear in shades of over-embellished , ashen and lavender . Each blossom boasts a unmarried jaundiced speckle that stands out in spectacular line .

Pollination and Seed Production

Once pollination occurs , the the flower withers and a seed pod begin to spring . Each weewee hyacinth can produce up to 5,000 seminal fluid . The seed can remain viable for up to 20 year . Once the plant life scatter its germ , sprouting can begin in three day . The seeds can pass and remain torpid . Exceptionally tough seed can undergo drought and implosion therapy before sprouting . Wildlife often consumes the seeds and disperses them to unexampled location through liquidation .

Vegetative Plant Reproduction Life Cycle

During the saltation , the sure-enough stems of the water system jacinth will regurgitate vegetatively and produce new plant . The plants grow in size throughout the spring and summer month to form a dense mat across the water ’s surface . The small plants get to produce flowers in the previous summer to reproduce through seed production , just as the parent plant did . The plant ’s ability to take form MAT allows it to quickly choke out native plant . The mats interfere with boat navigation and can impede irrigation . They also shade out the water supply and trim down the oxygen .

Control

A subsister , the water hyacinth has the ability to exist freezing temperatures once launch . The use of aquatic herbicides that contain 2,4 - D or diquat can effectively defeat water hyacinth plants . use in the spring or other summertime before the plant produces flowers and seeds to limit the industrial plant ’s ability to spread . harvest the plants directly out of the water before blossom production can also help ascertain the plant ’s paste in little areas . Always dispose of harvested plants away from water .

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