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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: In Water
Wet
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 8a -12.2 °C (10 °F) to -9.4 °C (15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 10b
Plant Height: 2 to 4 feet
Plant Spread: 1 to 2.5 feet
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Other: Plants flower from fall to spring in warm climate zones 9 and 10 and go dormant during the warm summer months. In cold winter climates, plants flower in summer and early fall, dying back in winter.
Underground structures: Tuber
Uses: Water gardens
Will Naturalize
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Needs specific temperature: 68ºF
Days to germinate: 1 to 2 months
Depth to plant seed: Sow in approximately one inch of water. on a fertile, loam substrate.
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Miscellaneous: Goes Dormant
Conservation status: Least Concern (LC)

Conservation status:
Conservation status: Least Concern
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Common names
  • Water Hawthorne
  • Cape Pondweed
  • Waterblommetjie
  • Cape Pond Weed

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Location: Bea’s garden
Date: 2023-09-01
Location: Durban, KwaZulu- Natal, South Africa
Date: August, 2017
Photograph courtesy of:  Sivalingum Govender‎
Location: San Diego, CA
Date: 2018-01-27
Location: Durban, KwaZulu- Natal, South Africa
Date: August, 2017
Photograph courtesy of:  Sivalingum Govender‎
Location: Botanical Garden Meise
Date: 2016-04-21
Location: Mid Columbia Gardens
Date: 2011-03-14
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Location: Botanical garden of Madeira
Date: 2013-08-09
Location: Durban, KwaZulu- Natal, South Africa
Date: August, 2017
Photograph courtesy of:  Sivalingum Govender‎
Location: My garden, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; zone 3.
Date: 2012-12-09
Location: Botanical Garden of Bochum
Date: 2023-04-14

photo credit: H. Zell
Location: Durban, KwaZulu- Natal, South Africa
Date: August, 2017
Photograph courtesy of:  Sivalingum Govender‎
Location: Durban, KwaZulu- Natal, South Africa
Date: August, 2017
Photograph courtesy of:  Sivalingum Govender‎

photo credit: H. Zell

photo credit: H. Zell

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