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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Nymphoides cristata   FAMILY Menyanthaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Nymphoides cristata   FAMILY Menyanthaceae

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

Nymphoides cristata

 

COMMON NAME:
Crested Floating Heart, Water Snowflake


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image of Nymphoides cristata, Crested Floating Heart, Water Snowflake

JK Marlow    jkm160914_126

September        

SE-EPPC Aquatic Plant ID Workshop

Floating stems with single leaves, per Weakley's Flora (2015).


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image of Nymphoides cristata, Crested Floating Heart, Water Snowflake

JK Marlow    jkm160914_126b

September        

SE-EPPC Aquatic Plant ID Workshop

Introduced for water gardens & aquariums; a noxious aquatic weed in our area, per Weakley's Flora (2020).

image of Nymphoides cristata, Crested Floating Heart, Water Snowflake

JK Marlow    jkm160914_130

September        

SE-EPPC Aquatic Plant ID Workshop

Calyx lobed to near base; lobes ovate-elliptic to ovate, apex obtuse, per Flora of China.

image of Nymphoides cristata, Crested Floating Heart, Water Snowflake

JK Marlow    jkm160914_131

September        

SE-EPPC Aquatic Plant ID Workshop

Flowers many, grouped on nodes, per Flora of China.

image of Nymphoides cristata, Crested Floating Heart, Water Snowflake

Keith Bradley    kab_n_cristata_05403

September    Collier County    FL

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

image of Nymphoides cristata, Crested Floating Heart, Water Snowflake

Keith Bradley    kab_n_cristata_05403b

September    Collier County    FL

Flowers white, adaxial petal surface bearing a ruffled crest down its length, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Nymphoides cristata   FAMILY Menyanthaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Nymphoides cristata   FAMILY Menyanthaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3807

Floating-leaved aquatic (rooted); Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Ponds and lakes, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: China & India

Rare or 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 single leaves

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

Flowers clustered at nodes

FRUIT:
Summer?
Capsule

 

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