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 aquatica   FAMILY Menyanthaceae   Go to FSUS key



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).


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image of Nymphoides aquatica, Big Floating Heart, Banana Floating Heart

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).

image of Nymphoides aquatica, Big Floating Heart, Banana Floating Heart

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmnaquatica_echaw1c

May    Berkeley County    SC

Francis Marion National Forest

Stems with conspicuous red spots, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Nymphoides aquatica, Big Floating Heart, Banana Floating Heart

Keith Bradley    kab_n_aquatica_74697

June    Miami-Dade County    FL

South Dade Wetlands

image of Nymphoides aquatica, Big Floating Heart, Banana Floating Heart

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

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

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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

 

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