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pickerelweed
noun
pick·er·el·weed
ˈpi-k(ə-)rəl-ˌwēd 
: a shallow-water monocotyledonous perennial plant (Pontederia cordata) chiefly of the eastern U.S. and Canada with large leaves and a spike of purplish-blue flowers
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Her latest obsession is the pickerelweed, a tall, salt-tolerant edible plant with broad green leaves and lavender flowers that is found throughout the city’s waterways.
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Diana Budds, Curbed, 17 Oct. 2022
Part of the plan involves reintroducing native plant species that are more appropriate to the site than Phragmites: narrowleaf cattail, pickerelweed, black willow, blue iris, buttonbush and alder.
—Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2021
Reaching 3 feet tall, pickerelweed grows happily — even rambunctiously — in containers or water gardens, so consider trying that.
—Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com, 1 Oct. 2020
The rain darkened the way, which heightened colors, like the lavender of pickerelweed blossoms and brilliant yellow of spatterdock flowers.
—Kevin Spear, OrlandoSentinel.com, 1 June 2018
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Diana Budds, Curbed, 17 Oct. 2022
Part of the plan involves reintroducing native plant species that are more appropriate to the site than Phragmites: narrowleaf cattail, pickerelweed, black willow, blue iris, buttonbush and alder.
—Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2021
Reaching 3 feet tall, pickerelweed grows happily — even rambunctiously — in containers or water gardens, so consider trying that.
—Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com, 1 Oct. 2020
The rain darkened the way, which heightened colors, like the lavender of pickerelweed blossoms and brilliant yellow of spatterdock flowers.
—Kevin Spear, OrlandoSentinel.com, 1 June 2018
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pickerelweed
noun
pick·er·el·weed
-ˌwēd
: a plant mostly of the eastern U.S. and Canada that grows in shallow water and has large arrow-shaped leaves and blue flowers
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