Pistia stratiotes L.

vernacular water lettuce — species · Araceae

USDA: PIST2
GBIF: 2870583
Rank: species

water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes) — Platephotograph · amywainwrightCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial
Group: Monocot
Family: Araceae Juss.
Genus: Pistia

§2a

Native status, by region

HI Hawaii Introduced
L48 Lower 48 States Native
PR Puerto Rico Native
VI U.S. Virgin Islands Native

§2b

County-level range

· 84 counties across 12 states/territories

Legend Native · 81 Introduced · 3 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§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