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Water Lettuce Pistia Stratiotes

Common Name: Water Lettuce

Botanical Name: Water Lettuce

Variety: Pistia Stratiotes

Blossom Color: Green, white

Bloom Time: Summer

Zone: 8-10

Exposure: Sun or part Sun

Mature Height: 6"

Mature Width: 6"

Notes: Despite the name, water lettuce is not edible, but is a beautiful and useful addition to your water garden. Water lettuce is great for cleaning the water of decomposition byproducts and is often used to keep the water healthy for fish and aquatic life. It also reduces algae blooms by blocking sunlight and using up the nutrients the algae bloom.