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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Nymphoides aquatica
FAMILY
Menyanthaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Big Floating-heart at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Nymphoides aquatica
FAMILY
Menyanthaceae
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
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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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.
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.
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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 (2/8/20):
Nymphoides aquatica
FAMILY
Menyanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Nymphoides aquatica
FAMILY
Menyanthaceae
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
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon, endemic to the Southeastern Coastal Plain
Look for it in limesink ponds (dolines), other acidic & nutrient-poor water-filled depressions, sluggish streams, beaverponds, primarily in Outer & Middle Coastal Plain, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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 p145
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p335
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p066
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p275