Index / Search / Heteranthera limosa
§1 Plant
Heteranthera limosa (Sw.) Willd.
vernacular blue mudplantain — species · Pontederiaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Pontederiaceae Kunth
- Genus
- Heteranthera
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- PR Puerto Rico Native
§2b
County-level range
· 249 counties across 18 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 249 counties across 18 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Allen 20001
- Barber 20007
- Barton 20009
- Cherokee 20021
- Clark 20025
- Cloud 20029
- Dickinson 20041
- Douglas 20045
- Edwards 20047
- Ellis 20051
- Finney 20055
- Gove 20063
- Gray 20069
- Harper 20077
- Harvey 20079
- Jackson 20085
- Jefferson 20087
- Kiowa 20097
- McPherson 20113
- Meade 20119
- Morris 20127
- Ness 20135
- Osborne 20141
- Pawnee 20145
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Pratt 20151
- Reno 20155
- Republic 20157
- Rice 20159
- Riley 20161
- Rooks 20163
- Saline 20169
- Scott 20171
- Seward 20175
- Shawnee 20177
- Sheridan 20179
- Sherman 20181
- Washington 20201
Kentucky view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Avoyelles 22009
- Beauregard 22011
- Calcasieu 22019
- Cameron 22023
- Concordia 22029
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Carroll 22035
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Iberia 22045
- Iberville 22047
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- Lafayette 22055
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Martin 22099
- St. Mary 22101
- Tensas 22107
- Terrebonne 22109
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- West Carroll 22123
Minnesota view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Barry 29009
- Benton 29015
- Boone 29019
- Butler 29023
- Callaway 29027
- Carroll 29033
- Christian 29043
- Clay 29047
- Dent 29065
- Greene 29077
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Lawrence 29109
- Marion 29127
- Moniteau 29135
- New Madrid 29143
- Newton 29145
- Ozark 29153
- Phelps 29161
- Polk 29167
- Pulaski 29169
- Randolph 29175
- Ray 29177
- Shannon 29203
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Louis 29189
- Stoddard 29207
- Taney 29213
- Warren 29219
- Wayne 29223
Nebraska view state ↗ 14 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 11 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 49 N ▾
- Andrews 48003
- Aransas 48007
- Bailey 48017
- Bastrop 48021
- Bee 48025
- Brazoria 48039
- Brazos 48041
- Brewster 48043
- Brooks 48047
- Cameron 48061
- Carson 48065
- Comal 48091
- DeWitt 48123
- Dimmit 48127
- Galveston 48167
- Glasscock 48173
- Gonzales 48177
- Gray 48179
- Grayson 48181
- Hale 48189
- Hidalgo 48215
- Jeff Davis 48243
- Jefferson 48245
- Jim Wells 48249
- Johnson 48251
- Kenedy 48261
- Liberty 48291
- Lipscomb 48295
- Llano 48299
- McLennan 48309
- Montgomery 48339
- Nueces 48355
- Ochiltree 48357
- Orange 48361
- Presidio 48377
- Randall 48381
- Reagan 48383
- San Patricio 48409
- San Saba 48411
- Sherman 48421
- Starr 48427
- Sutton 48435
- Swisher 48437
- Tarrant 48439
- Travis 48453
- Victoria 48469
- Waller 48473
- Willacy 48489
- Williamson 48491
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/HELI2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2766129 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
fetched 2026-05-26T10:50:45Z