Menyanthaceae
Big floatingheart
Nymphoides aquatica
- Family
- Menyanthaceae
- Genus
- Nymphoides
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Common names
By language (4)
- Arabic
- زهرة الأهوار المائية
- Chinese
- 香蕉草
- English
- Big floatingheart
- Japanese
- ハナガガブタ
Synonyms
- Hydrocotyle cordata Walter
- Limnanthemum aquaticum (J.F.Gmel.) Britton
- Limnanthemum trachyspermum (Michx.) A.Gray
- Menyanthes brachysperma Griseb.
- Menyanthes trachysperma Michx.
- Trachysperma aquatica (J.F.Gmel.) House
- Trachysperma aquaticum (J.F.Gmel.) House
- Trachysperma nutans Raf.
- Villarsia aquatica J.F.Gmel.
- Villarsia trachysperma (Michx.) Elliott
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Joseph G. Bergstrom, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Joseph G. Bergstrom, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Judy Gallagher, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.