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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Monocots
  5. Aroids, Water Plantains, Seagrass, and Allies
  6. Water-plantains
  7. Burheads and Sword Plants

genus

Burheads and Sword Plants

Echinodorus

Traits
Includes
2 native 1 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Creeping Burhead native
  • Erect Burhead native
  • Large-flowered Amazon present
  • Amazon Sword
  • Echinodorus uruguayensis
  • Large-leaved Amazon Sword

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Herbaceous plants
Plant type
Annual Perennial Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native burheads and sword plants All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Creeping Burhead Echinodorus cordifolius caterpillars 1 flowers 1
  • Erect Burhead Echinodorus berteroi

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