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How to Manage PestsIdentification: Weed Photo Gallery
DucksaladScientific name: Heteranthera limosa (Pickerelweed Family: Pontedericaceae)Click on image to enlarge 
Ducksalad is an annual to perennial aquatic plant. In California it is found mostly in the Sacramento Valley. Typically it grows in water. Seedlings are submerged and the mature plant emerges from the water's surface. Ducksalad may grow on mud banks where water has receded. It inhabits ditches, ponds, lake margins, and is an early season problem in rice, primarily in open water. SeedlingThe seedling is hairless, submerged, and typically forms a rosette of narrow ribbonlike leaves. Young plantOlder juvenile plants may have floating leaves. Mature plantThe mature plant is erect and grows to over 1-1/2 feet (about 0.5 m) with bright, waxy green, oval-shaped leaf blades that may be submerged, floating, or held above the water's surface. Sometimes plants develop a creeping horizontal stem. FlowerFlowers bloom from April through July. The single, showy flower has a long stalk and opens above the water. It has six petals arranged in a narrow star shape that may be white or bluish purple. FruitFruit consist of erect capsules that are about 4/5 of an inch (2 cm) long. SeedsSeeds germinate only in saturated soil. ReproductionReproduce primarily by seed. Related species/Similar looking plantsMore information
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