Nymphoides peltata (Gmelin) Kuntze
Detail
- Family
- Menyanthaceae
- Botanical Name
- Nymphoides peltata (Gmelin) Kuntze
- Common Name
- Yellow Floating Heart
- Synonym(s)
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Nymphoides peltata (S.G. Gmelin) Kuntze
- Comments
- A relatively recent introduction, first documented in 2004, that appears to be highly invasive and spreading, likely via migratory waterfowl.
- Habitat
- Ponds. This species has become the dominant floating aquatic in several scattered Piedmont ponds and is probably more widespread than records indicate.
- Native Status
- Introduced
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