Nymphoides cordata
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Photo courtesy Renee Brecht |
Britton & Brown |
| Botanical name: | Nymphoides cordata |
| Common name: | little floatingheart |
| Group: | dicot |
| Family: | Menyanthaceae |
| Growth type: | forb/herb |
| Duration: | perennial |
| Origin: | native |
| Plant height: | float on top of water surface |
| Foliage: | heart shaped, long stalked, with an "angel's wings" pattern in maroon |
| Flower: | white, 1/2" across |
| Flowering time: | blooms early July to late August |
| Habitat: | ponds, slow streams |
| Range in New Jersey: | local through the Coastal Plain, decreasing inland |
| Heritage ranking, if any: | S3, LP, HL |
| Distribution: |  |