PLANTS Profile for Nymphoides cordata (little floatingheart)

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PLANTS Profile

Nymphoides cordata (Elliot) Fernald
little floatingheart

Symbol:

NYCO

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Menyanthaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Nymphoides cordata (Elliot) Fernald

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Synonyms:
Nymphoides cordata (Elliot) Fernald

	NYLA	Nymphoides lacunosa (Vent.) Kuntze
	VILA14	Villarsia lacunosa Vent.

Distribution:
Nymphoides cordata (Elliot) Fernald


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USA (AL, CT, DE, FL, GA, LA, MA, MD, ME, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, SC, VT), CAN (NB, NF, NS, ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Nymphoides cordata (Elliot) Fernald

View 3 genera in Menyanthaceae, 5 species in Nymphoides

Classification:
Nymphoides cordata (Elliot) Fernald

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Solanales
Family	Menyanthaceae – Buckbean family
Genus	Nymphoides Hill – floatingheart
Species	Nymphoides cordata (Elliot) Fernald – little floatingheart

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Nymphoides cordata (Elliot) Fernald

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Maryland:
floating-heart		Endangered
Pennsylvania:
floating-heart		Threatened

Wetland Indicator Status:
Nymphoides cordata (Elliot) Fernald

Nat. Ind.

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OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Nymphoides cordata (Elliot) Fernald

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 29997.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Time Generated: 02/12/2009 07:26 PM MST