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Emergent aquatic (rooted); Forb
Perennial

Non-native: Central & South America

Documented growing wild in - - -

Look for it in ponds and canals. It is cultivated in aquaria and spread by throw-outs, per Weakley's Flora

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Invasive?

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

• Forest Health Assessment & Applied Sciences Team: New Invaders of the Southeast

 

Aquatic

LEAVES:
Simple

FLOWER:
Summer
Pale yellow to white with yellow base
Bisexual
3-merous
3 persistent sepals
3 deciduous petals
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Follicle

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• New Invaders of the Southeast p109

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Alismatales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Hydrocleys nymphoides   FAMILY Alismataceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hydrocleys nymphoides   FAMILY Limnocharitaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Hydrocleys nymphoides

SYNONYMOUS WITH Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Hydrocleys nymphoides