pickerelweed
Blue-spiked pond plant
Pickerelweed is an aquatic plant native to the Americas, growing in shallow freshwater with spikes of blue-violet flowers rising above heart-shaped leaves.
The name comes from its association with pickerel habitat—the shallows where these small pike hunt.
The pond was thick with pickerelweed and lily pads.
Small still body
- marshGrassy waterlogged lowland
- swampWaterlogged land with vegetation
- bogAcidic peat wetland
- freshwaterNon-saline aquatic environment
habitat · cattail · waterlily · reeds · sedge · riparian · emergent · shoreline
Hue between crimson and azure
- violetSmall five-petaled wildflower
- spikeSharp rise or point
- flowerPlant's reproductive organ
- petalBloom's colorful segment
nectar · pollination · bees · butterflies · inflorescence · perennial · summer · showy
Horizontal underground plant stem
- emergentNewly come into existence
- aquatic plantVegetation growing in water
- herbaceousHaving soft green stems
- monocotOne-cotyledon flowering plant
photosynthesis · propagation · colony · spreading · heart-shaped · glossy · foliage · rootstock
pond
Small still body
freshwater · habitat · cattail · waterlily · reeds · sedge · riparian · emergent · shoreline · shallows
purple
Hue between crimson and azure
petal · nectar · pollination · bees · butterflies · inflorescence · perennial · summer · showy · lavender
rhizome
Horizontal underground plant stem
- emergentNewly come into existence
- aquatic plantVegetation growing in water
- herbaceousHaving soft green stems
monocot · photosynthesis · propagation · colony · spreading · heart-shaped · glossy · foliage · rootstock · vegetative
habitat
Organism's natural environment
- ecosystemInterconnected organisms and surroundings
- waterfowlSwimming birds collectively
- heronLong-legged waterside bird
dragonfly · amphibian · frog · fish · biodiversity · native · wildlife · cover · spawning · bass
- plantstree, plants, leaves, bluebonnet, trees
- freshwater lifecatfish, trout, bass, salmon, frog
- swampalligator, bayou, bald cypress, cattail, cottonmouth
- water plantsduckweed, water lilies, waterlily, water lily, pondweed
- Evergladessawgrass, alligator, mangrove forest, Florida panther, cypress swamp
- Florida plantssaw palmetto, cabbage palm, live oak, slash pine, longleaf pine