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| + | '''''Nymphoides peltata''''' (syn. ''Villarsia nymphaeoides'', '''Fringed Water-lily''', '''Yellow Floating-heart''', '''Water Fringe''') is an aquatic plant of the family [[Menyanthaceae]] native to [[Eurasia]]. It has [[cordate]] floating leaves that support a lax [[inflorescence]] of yellow [[flower]]s with fringed petal margins. The fruit is a [[capsule (fruit)|capsule]] bearing many flattened seeds with stiff marginal hairs. | ||
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| + | The plants are commonly sold for use in ornamental water gardens. Outside their native range, however, they can escape cultivation and become nuisance [[noxious weed]]s. | ||
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| + | Flowers of ''N. peltata'' are [[heterostyly|heterostylous]] and weakly [[self-incompatibility in plants|self-incompatible]]. | ||
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Nymphoides peltatum, Brit. & Rend. (N. nymphaeoides, Brit. Limnanthemum nymphaeoides, Hoffm. & Link. Menyanthes nymphaeoides, Linn.). Plant stout and branching: Lvs. 2-4 in. broad: fls. 1 in. across or more; segms. obcordate, short-fringed. May-July. Eu., Asia; naturalized in District of Columbia.—Simulates Limnocharis Humboldtii in habit. | Nymphoides peltatum, Brit. & Rend. (N. nymphaeoides, Brit. Limnanthemum nymphaeoides, Hoffm. & Link. Menyanthes nymphaeoides, Linn.). Plant stout and branching: Lvs. 2-4 in. broad: fls. 1 in. across or more; segms. obcordate, short-fringed. May-July. Eu., Asia; naturalized in District of Columbia.—Simulates Limnocharis Humboldtii in habit. | ||
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| Lifespan: | ⌛ | perennial |
| Exposure: | ☼ | sun |
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| Water: | ◍ | wet |
| Features: | ✓ | flowers, invasive, foliage |
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Nymphoides peltata (syn. Villarsia nymphaeoides, Fringed Water-lily, Yellow Floating-heart, Water Fringe) is an aquatic plant of the family Menyanthaceae native to Eurasia. It has cordate floating leaves that support a lax inflorescence of yellow flowers with fringed petal margins. The fruit is a capsule bearing many flattened seeds with stiff marginal hairs.
The plants are commonly sold for use in ornamental water gardens. Outside their native range, however, they can escape cultivation and become nuisance noxious weeds.
Flowers of N. peltata are heterostylous and weakly self-incompatible.
Read about Nymphoides peltatum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Nymphoides peltatum, Brit. & Rend. (N. nymphaeoides, Brit. Limnanthemum nymphaeoides, Hoffm. & Link. Menyanthes nymphaeoides, Linn.). Plant stout and branching: Lvs. 2-4 in. broad: fls. 1 in. across or more; segms. obcordate, short-fringed. May-July. Eu., Asia; naturalized in District of Columbia.—Simulates Limnocharis Humboldtii in habit.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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