Nymphoides cordata (Elliott) Fernald. Little Floating Heart. Phen: Apr-Aug. Hab: Upland depression ponds, sluggish streams, beaverponds, primarily in the fall-line Sandhills. Dist: 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.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: A tetraploid species (2n=36) (Tippery et al. 2018).
Synonymy: = C, F, Fl7, GW2, K1, K3, K4, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, WH3, Middleton et al (2018), Wood (1983a); = Nymphoides cordatum – G, Tat, orthographic variant; ? Nymphoides lacunosum (Vent.) Kuntze – S, misapplied
Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL
- Northcentral & Northeast: OBL
Heliophily: 9
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