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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Nymphoides aquatica
FAMILY
Menyanthaceae
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Read more about Big Floating-heart at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Nymphoides aquatica
FAMILY
Menyanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Nymphoides aquatica
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Nymphoides aquatica
SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Nymphoides aquatica
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 155-06-002:
Nymphoides aquatica FAMILY Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Nymphoides aquaticum
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Nymphoides aquaticum
COMMON NAME:
Big Floating Heart, Banana Floating Heart
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmnaquatica_echaw1
May Berkeley County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
Leaves entirely green above [vs. N. cordata's variegated with purple above], per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
COMPARE
aquatic plants
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmnaquatica_echaw1b
May Berkeley County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
Stem terminates in an umbel of flowers and one leaf with a short stalk, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmnaquatica_echaw1c
May Berkeley County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
Stems with conspicuous red spots, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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Keith Bradley kab_n_aquatica_74697
June Miami-Dade County FL
South Dade Wetlands
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Keith Bradley kab_n_aquatica_74706
June Miami-Dade County FL
South Dade Wetlands
Tuberous roots of floating clusters stout, blunt-tipped, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Nymphoides aquatica
FAMILY
Menyanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Nymphoides aquatica
FAMILY
Menyanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Nymphoides aquatica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Nymphoides aquatica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Nymphoides aquatica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 155-06-002:
Nymphoides aquatica
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Nymphoides aquaticum
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Nymphoides aquaticum
2685
Floating-leaved aquatic (rooted); Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Limesink ponds (dolines), other acidic and nutrient-poor water-filled depressions, sluggish streams, beaverponds, primarily in the Outer and Middle Coastal Plain, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Floating stems with single leaves
Margins entire
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
White
5 sepals united at base
5 petals united only at base
5 stamens
Flowers in simple umbels
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p145
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p335
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p481
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p066
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p261
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p275
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