Habitat: Salt, brackish, and fresh marshes, rice fields, mangroves. May forage in any kind of shallow water, commonly flying to feed in fresh water even in coastal regions. Foraging sites include marshes, mudflats, flooded pastures, lake edges,...
Close-up of single purple blossom showing fringed edges of petals. For additional resources about wildflowers visit the National Plants Database: National Plants Database http://plants.usda.gov/.
