Plants · La Saladita, Guerrero

pickerelweed

Pontederia cordata

Spanish: Pico de gallo acuático

pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata)
Photographed by jmin1441 on iNaturalist · taken in 60123, Elgin, IL, US, not near La Saladita

Pontederia cordata, common name pickerelweed (USA) or pickerel weed (UK), is a monocotyledonous aquatic plant native to the American continent. It grows in a variety of wetlands, including pond and lake margins across an extremely large range from eastern Canada south to Argentina. A few examples include northern rivers, the Everglades and Louisiana.

TaxonomyLiliopsida › Commelinales › Pontederiaceae
Local recordsNot recorded by research-grade iNaturalist observations within about 50 km; listed from the site's curated guide
Global records54,951 on iNaturalist

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Cite as: “pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/pontederia-cordata/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.