Common Name: water-trumpet
Family: Araceae
Common Synonyms: Cryptocoryne beckettii, C. wendtii, C. undulata
USDA Hardiness Zone: NA
Growth Habit: Submersed Aquatic
Origin: Sri Lanka
FISC Category: -
FDACS Listed Noxious Weed: No
Introduction Date: earliest specimen vouchered in 1989
IFAS Assessment:
Perennial, rhizomatous, aquatic herb. Leaves basal and glabrous, ovate, 3-9 cm long, upper surface green to brown and sometimes marbled, lower surface red to brown, veins usually reddish. Flowers tiny and clustered on a 1-cm long spadix. Spathe, 4-12 cm long, greenish brown.
Freshwater springs and rivers
Vouchered only in Alachua Co. Sold for aquarium planting. Established in the Rainbow river.
No specific recommendations available, herbaceous plants can generally be treated with foliar application of glyphosate. **Follow herbicide labels: Only herbicides registered for application in water by EPA and FDACS may be applied to weeds growing in or near water.
Rosen, D.J. 2000. Cryptocoryne beckettii (Araceae), a new aquatic plant in Texas. Sida 19(2): 399-401.