Anchored water hyacinth

• Looks similar to water hyacinth.
• Leaves are glossy, round, generally broad-ovate, 5–16cm long, 2–16cm wide.
• Stems are smooth and branched. Flowering stems are 8–12cm above water.
• Flowers are attractive, funnel-shaped, purple, with 6 toothed petals 1–3cm long.
• Seeds are 1–2mm long.

• Can survive either free-floating on the water surface or rooted into the mud.

• Currently not known to occur in Queensland.

• Flowers in summer and autumn.
• Seeds germinate in spring.

Environmental

• Smothers surface of creeks, lakes and other water bodies.

Economic

• Interferes with pumping and irrigation equipment, and structures such as bridges and dams.

• Broken fragments and seeds can spread by water, vehicles and birds.

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• Anchored water hyacinth is a prohibited invasive plant under the Biosecurity Act 2014.
• You must not keep, move, give away, sell or release into the environment. Penalties may apply. You must not take any action reasonably likely to exacerbate the biosecurity threat posed by anchored water hyacinth.
• You must take any action that is reasonably likely to minimise the biosecurity threat posed by anchored water hyacinth.
• You must report all sightings to Biosecurity Queensland within 24 hours.