OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Nymphoides cordata   FAMILY Menyanthaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Nymphoides cordata   FAMILY Menyanthaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Nymphoides cordata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Nymphoides cordata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)

Nymphoides cordata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 155-06-001:

Nymphoides cordata   FAMILY Gentianaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Nymphoides cordatum

(?) (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Nymphoides lacunosum

 

COMMON NAME:
Little Floating Heart


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image of Nymphoides cordata, Little Floating Heart

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmncordata_agt1

June        

Leaves mottled green & purple above [vs. N. aquatica's entirely green above], per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Nymphoides cordata, Little Floating Heart

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmncordata_agt2

June        

image of Nymphoides cordata, Little Floating Heart

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmncordata_agt4

June        

Similar to Nymphaea, but leaves much smaller and basal lobes more rounded, per Weakley's Flora.


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image of Nymphoides cordata, Little Floating Heart

JK Marlow    jkm161001_092

September    Chesterfield County    SC

Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge

Flower clusters grow from the stem shortly below the leaf, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).

image of Nymphoides cordata, Little Floating Heart

JK Marlow    jkm161001_092b

September    Chesterfield County    SC

Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Nymphoides cordata   FAMILY Menyanthaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Nymphoides cordata   FAMILY Menyanthaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Nymphoides cordata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Nymphoides cordata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Nymphoides cordata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 155-06-001:
Nymphoides cordata   FAMILY Gentianaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Nymphoides cordatum

(?) (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Nymphoides lacunosum

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2684

Floating-leaved aquatic (rooted); Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Upland depression ponds, sluggish streams, beaverponds, primarily in the fall-line Sandhills, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon

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LEAVES:
Simple
Floating stems with single leaves
Margins entire

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
5 sepals united at base
5 petals united only at base
5 stamens

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule

 

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