Nymphoides aquatica (Walter ex J.F. Gmelin) Kuntze. Common name: Big Floating Heart, Banana Floating Heart. Phenology: Late Apr-Sep. Habitat: Limesink ponds (dolines), other acidic and nutrient-poor water-filled depressions, sluggish streams, beaverponds, primarily in the Outer and Middle Coastal Plain. Distribution: A Southeastern Coastal Plain endemic: NJ south to FL and west to TX.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Taxonomy Comments: A tetraploid species (2n=36) (Tippery et al. 2018).
Synonymy ⓘ: = C, F, Fl7, GW2, K4, RAB, Tx, Va, WH3, Middleton et al (2018), Wood (1983a); = Nymphoides aquaticum Kuntze — G, S, Tat, orthographic variant; Villarsia aquatica J.F. Gmelin. Basionym: Villarsia aquatica J.F.Gmel. 1791
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL
- Great Plains: OBL
Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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