Species profile—Eichhornia crassipes (water hyacinth)
Classification
Plantae (plants) → Equisetopsida (land plants) → Pontederiaceae → Eichhornia crassipes (water hyacinth)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Plantae (plants)
- Class
- Equisetopsida (land plants)
- Family
- Pontederiaceae
- Scientific name
- Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms
- Common name
- water hyacinth
- WildNet taxon ID
- 17370
- Alternate name(s)
- lilac devil
- Biosecurity Act 2014 (BIO) status
- Restricted Matter
- Conservation significant
- No
- Confidential
- No
- Wetland status
- Wetland Indicator Species
- Endemicity
- Introduced
- Pest status
- Environmental Weed
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=17370.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
