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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Nymphoides cordata
FAMILY
Menyanthaceae
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Read more about Little Floating-heart at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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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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).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmncordata_agt2
June
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmncordata_agt4
June
Similar to Nymphaea, but leaves much smaller and basal lobes more rounded, per Weakley's Flora.
COMPARE
aquatic plants
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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).
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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
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
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
White
5 sepals united at base
5 petals united only at base
5 stamens
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
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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