Water Lettuce

Water lettuce pond plants are commonly found in the slow-moving waters of drainage ditches, ponds, lakes and canals in water anywhere from 0 to 30 feet (0-9 m.) deep. Its early origins were recorded to be the Nile River, possibly around Lake Victoria. Today, it is found throughout the tropics and the American Southwest and is quantified as a weed with no wildlife or human food uses for water lettuce recorded. It can, however, make an attractive water feature planting where its rapid growth may be corralled