Anchored water hyacinth

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

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• 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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• Before undertaking any preventative or control actions, contact us online, by phone or in person.

• Anchored water hyacinth is a prohibited invasive plants under the Biosecurity Act 2014. You must not:
  • keep it
  • move it
  • give it away
  • sell it
  • release it into the environment.

If you do any of these, penalties may apply.

• You must not take any action that is 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 any sightings immediately using 1 of these methods:
  • Report online.
  • Phone Biosecurity Queensland on 13 25 23.
  • Phone the Exotic Plant Pest Hotline on 1800 084 881.