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Menyanthaceae
Nymphoides

not marked as a favorite taxon Nymphoides cordata (Elliott) Fernald. Common name: Little Floating Heart. Phenology: Apr-Aug. Habitat: Upland depression ponds, sluggish streams, beaverponds, primarily in the fall-line Sandhills. Distribution: NL (Newfoundland) and ON south MD; disjunct in the Coastal Plain of NC and SC; disjunct from sw. GA and Panhandle FL west to e. LA.

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: A tetraploid species (2n=36) (Tippery et al. 2018).

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, F, Fl7, GW2, K4, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, WH3, Middleton et al (2018), Wood (1983a); = Nymphoides cordatum — G, Tat, orthographic variant; ? Nymphoides lacunosum (Vent.) Kuntze — S, misapplied; Villarsia cordata Elliott. Basionym: Villarsia cordata Elliott 1817

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL
  • Northcentral & Northeast: OBL

Heliophily ⓘ: 9

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image #1 of Nymphoides cordata© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
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