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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
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
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.
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).