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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Nymphoides peltata
FAMILY
Menyanthaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Nymphoides peltata
FAMILY
Menyanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Nymphoides peltata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Nymphoides peltata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Nymphoides peltata
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Nymphoides peltatum
COMMON NAME:
Yellow Floating Heart
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JK Marlow jkm080607_015
June Pickens County SC
This plant is listed by several states (including SC) as a noxious weed.
JK Marlow jkm080607_015b
June Pickens County SC
Flowers yellow, lobes spreading, 0.8-1" long, somewhat fringed below, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
JK Marlow jkm080607_019
June Pickens County SC
Leaves more cordate, the basal lobes more rounded, than those of Nymphaea, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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Steve Compton sco_floating_heart_026
June SC
This is what can happen when a homeowner dumps an aquarium...
JK Marlow jkm160914_118
September
SE-EPPC Aquatic Plant ID Workshop
Leaves alternate at stem base, opposite at apex; petiole cylindric, 5-10cm, per Flora of China.
JK Marlow jkm160914_121
September
SE-EPPC Aquatic Plant ID Workshop
Stem cylindric, unbranched, sometimes producing rootlets from nodes, per Flora of China.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Nymphoides peltata
FAMILY
Menyanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Nymphoides peltata
FAMILY
Menyanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Nymphoides peltata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Nymphoides peltata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Nymphoides peltata
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Nymphoides peltatum
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