Menyanthaceae
Little floatingheart
Nymphoides cordata
- Family
- Menyanthaceae
- Genus
- Nymphoides
Pet and kid safety: not checked yet. Check pet-safe plants
Is yours looking unwell? Scan your plant — free
Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Little floatingheart
Synonyms
- Limnanthemum lacunosum (Vent.) Griseb.
- Limnanthemum lacunosum var. australe Griseb.
- Menyanthes punctata Muhl. ex Griseb.
- Nymphoides lacunosa (Vent.) Kuntze
- Trachysperma lacunosa (Vent.) House
- Villarsia cordata Elliott
- Villarsia lacunosa Vent.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, Pacific Basin: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Brian Finzel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ken-ichi Ueda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ken Kneidel, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Bill Keim, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jomegat, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jomegat, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jomegat, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jomegat, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Benoit Renaud, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Benoit Renaud, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Nymphoides
- Fringed water-lilyNymphoides peltataMenyanthaceae
- Water snowflakeNymphoides indicaMenyanthaceae
- Crested floating heartNymphoides hydrophyllaMenyanthaceae
- Big floatingheartNymphoides aquaticaMenyanthaceae
- Nymphoides coreanaMenyanthaceae
- Nymphoides crenataMenyanthaceae
- Nymphoides geminataMenyanthaceae
- Nymphoides aurantiacaMenyanthaceae
- Nymphoides elegansMenyanthaceae
- Nymphoides exilifloraMenyanthaceae
- Nymphoides ezannoiMenyanthaceae
- Nymphoides fallaxMenyanthaceae
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.