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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Nymphoides cordata
FAMILY
Menyanthaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Little Floating-heart at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Nymphoides cordata
FAMILY
Menyanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Nymphoides cordata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Nymphoides cordata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Nymphoides cordata
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 155-06-001:
Nymphoides cordata FAMILY Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Nymphoides cordatum
(?) (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Nymphoides lacunosum
COMMON NAME:
Little Floating Heart
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmncordata_agt1
June
Leaves mottled green & purple above [vs. N. aquatica's entirely green above], per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Patrick D. McMillan pdmncordata_agt4
June
Similar to Nymphaea, but leaves much smaller and basal lobes more rounded, per Weakley's Flora.
COMPARE aquatic plants
JK Marlow jkm161001_092
September Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Flower clusters grow from the stem shortly below the leaf, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
JK Marlow jkm161001_092b
September Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Nymphoides cordata
FAMILY
Menyanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Nymphoides cordata
FAMILY
Menyanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Nymphoides cordata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Nymphoides cordata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Nymphoides cordata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 155-06-001:
Nymphoides cordata
FAMILY
Gentianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Nymphoides cordatum
(?) (MISAPPLIED)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Nymphoides lacunosum
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