North Carolina Wildflowers, Shrubs, & Trees

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Pontederiaceae > Pontederia (pickerelweeds)
	Pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata) Pettigrew State Park, Washington Co., NC 30 June 2006 Common in the NC coastal plain, becoming less common westward and rare in the mountains, Pickeralweed grows in soils in shallow water.
	Pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata) Pettigrew State Park, Washington Co., NC 30 June 2006
	Pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata) Brunswick Co., NC 13 Aug 2006 Pickerelweed often provides an attractive nectar source for butterflies (like this Rare Skipper (Problema bulenta).

Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.