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Little floatingheart

Nymphoides cordata

Also called Eight Angled Floatingheart

Little floatingheart
Photo: Jomegat, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Menyanthaceae (Menyanth family)
Grows as
Aquatic
Native range
SE. Canada to E. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Nymphoides cordata, the little floatingheart, is a species of floating aquatic plant native to eastern North America.

Where it grows

Little floatingheart grows in eastern North America, from the eastern provinces of Canada down to Maryland, and then reoccurs from the Carolinas down to Louisiana.

Other Nymphoides plants

Big floatingheart · Nymphoides balakrishnanii · Wavy Marshwort · Entire Marshwort · Crested Floating Heart · Water snowflake · Nymphoides macrosperma · Nymphoides montana · Nymphoides parvifolia · Fringed Water-lily · Nymphoides sivarajanii · Nymphoides spinulosperma

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Nymphoides cordata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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