Menyanthaceae
Floatingheart
Nymphoides humboldtiana
- Family
- Menyanthaceae
- Genus
- Nymphoides
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Floatingheart
Synonyms
- Limnanthemum humboldtianum (Kunth) Griseb.
- Limnanthemum microphyllum (A.St.-Hil.) Griseb.
- Nymphoides microphylla (A.St.-Hil.) Kuntze
- Trachysperma humboldtiana (Kunth) House
- Villarsia humboldtiana Kunth
- Villarsia microphylla A.St.-Hil.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: native
Photos
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Photo: Lucas Rodrigues, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0); popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.