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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Nymphoides peltata   FAMILY Menyanthaceae

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

Nymphoides peltata

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

Nymphoides peltata

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

Nymphoides peltata

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

Nymphoides peltatum

 

COMMON NAME:
Yellow Floating Heart


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image of Nymphoides peltata, Yellow Floating Heart

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_nyny_001_lvd

        

image of Nymphoides peltata, Yellow Floating Heart

JK Marlow    jkm080607_015

June    Pickens County    SC

This plant is listed by several states (including SC) as a noxious weed.

image of Nymphoides peltata, Yellow Floating Heart

JK Marlow    jkm080607_015b

June    Pickens County    SC

Flowers yellow, lobes spreading, 0.8-1" long, somewhat fringed below, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

image of Nymphoides peltata, Yellow Floating Heart

JK Marlow    jkm080607_019

June    Pickens County    SC

Leaves more cordate, the basal lobes more rounded, than those of Nymphaea, per Weakley's Flora (2015).


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image of Nymphoides peltata, Yellow Floating Heart

JK Marlow    jkm080607_022

June    Pickens County    SC

image of Nymphoides peltata, Yellow Floating Heart

Steve Compton    sco_floating_heart_026

June        SC

This is what can happen when a homeowner dumps an aquarium...

image of Nymphoides peltata, Yellow Floating Heart

JK Marlow    jkm160914_118

September        

SE-EPPC Aquatic Plant ID Workshop

Leaves alternate at stem base, opposite at apex; petiole cylindric, 5-10cm, per Flora of China.

image of Nymphoides peltata, Yellow Floating Heart

JK Marlow    jkm160914_118b

September        

SE-EPPC Aquatic Plant ID Workshop

image of Nymphoides peltata, Yellow Floating Heart

JK Marlow    jkm160914_121

September        

SE-EPPC Aquatic Plant ID Workshop

Stem cylindric, unbranched, sometimes producing rootlets from nodes, per Flora of China.

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Nymphoides peltata   FAMILY Menyanthaceae

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

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

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

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

 

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2931

Floating-leaved aquatic (rooted); Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Ponds, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe

Waif(s)

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INVASIVE

This plant is causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

LEAVES:
Simple
Floating stems with multiple leaves, lower alternate & upper opposite

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Yellow
5-merous
5 sepals united at base
5 petals united only at base
5 stamens

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall?
Capsule

 

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