Jul 29th, 2025 at 10:06 AM

🌿 Aquatic (জলজ) plants that live in water

1. Water Hyacinth (হায়্যাচিন্থ) (Eichhornia crassipes)

-Free-floating -Invasive species in many countries -Large purple flowers

2. Water Lettuce (Pistia stratiotes)

-Rosette of soft, velvety leaves -Floats on surface like water hyacinth

3. Amazon Frogbit (Limnobium laevigatum)

-Small floating plant with rounded leaves -Common in aquariums

4. Salvinia (Salvinia minima, Salvinia molesta)

-Floating fern -Has small leaves with hair-like structures

5. Duckweed (Lemna spp.)

-Very small floating plant -Reproduces quickly, forming a green mat

6. Water Lily (Nymphaea spp.)

-Rooted in mud, floating leaves -Produces colorful flowers

7. Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera)

-Large round leaves -Grows in water, but leaves and flowers rise above surface

8. Pickerelweed (পিকরলউইড) (Pontederia cordata)

-Related to water hyacinth -Emergent plant with purple flowers

9. Water Poppy (Hydrocleys nymphoides)

-Floating leaves -Produces small yellow flowers

10. Hornwort (হর্নওর্থ) (Ceratophyllum demersum)

Submerged free-floating plant Oxygenates water