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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.
Your search found 5 taxa in the family Menyanthaceae, Buckbean family, as understood by Weakley's Flora.
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Common Name:
Little Floating Heart
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Nymphoides cordata FAMILY: Menyanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Nymphoides cordata FAMILY: Menyanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Nymphoides cordata 155-06-001 FAMILY: Gentianaceae
Habitat: Upland depression ponds, sluggish streams, beaverponds, primarily in the fall-line Sandhills
Uncommon
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Big Floating Heart, Banana Floating Heart
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Nymphoides aquatica FAMILY: Menyanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Nymphoides aquatica FAMILY: Menyanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Nymphoides aquatica 155-06-002 FAMILY: Gentianaceae
Habitat: Limesink ponds (dolines), other acidic and nutrient-poor water-filled depressions, sluggish streams, beaverponds, primarily in the Outer and Middle Coastal Plain
Uncommon
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Crested Floating Heart, Water Snowflake
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Nymphoides cristata FAMILY: Menyanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Nymphoides cristata FAMILY: Menyanthaceae
Habitat: Ponds and lakes
Rare or waif(s)
Non-native: China & India
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Common Name:
Yellow Floating Heart
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Nymphoides peltata FAMILY: Menyanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Nymphoides peltata FAMILY: Menyanthaceae
Habitat: Ponds
Waif(s)
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Buckbean, Bogbean
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Menyanthes trifoliata FAMILY: Menyanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Menyanthes trifoliata FAMILY: Menyanthaceae
Habitat: Mucky soils of mountain fens at high elevations over amphibolite (in the Blue Ridge), boggy marshes over calcareous rocks (in the Ridge and Valley), seepage swamps (in the Coastal Plain)
Rare
Native to North Carolina
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