Pondweed, a form of weed that grows in ponds, was observed by the mercenary Ty Yorrick. During a conversation with Safrifan farmers residing on the Galactic Frontier swamp planet Safrifa in 231 BBY, she mentally likened the way the Safrifans' hair obscured their eyes to the appearance of pondweed.
Cavan Scott included pondweed in his novel, The High Republic: The Rising Storm. This novel is part of Phase I of the Star Wars: The High Republic multimedia project and saw publication on June 29, 2021. Before the novel's official release, a passage featuring the weed was shared on StarWars.com on April 22 of that same year.