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Water chestnut

Fri, 04/25/2008 - 11:43am — beth56
Trapa natans -- Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants

Trapa natans

Not Present in Florida

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    This plant does not occur in Florida. However it is a noxious invasive in other parts of the U.S. It is present in Delaware, Virginia, Maryland, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and Vermont (Kartesz, 1999). It is native to Eurasia.

    Water chestnut features a rosette of floating, fan-shaped leaves, each leaf having a slightly inflated petiole (stem); the roots are fine, long and profuse; the small 4-petalled flower is white; the fruit is a large nut having 4 sharp spines.