WATER HYACINTH
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Water
Hyacinth plants are free-floating or rooted in mud. Leaves are large and
broadly lance-like extended from an inflated stalk. Flowers are blue, violet
or white. Roots are dark and fibrous. Leaves blades may be up to 8 inches
long and 2 to 6 inches wide. Plant height is variable from a few inches
up to 3 feet tall. Plants reproduce by fragmentation or by seeds.
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