Menyanthaceae
Fringed water-lily
Nymphoides peltata
- Family
- Menyanthaceae
- Genus
- Nymphoides
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Common names
By language (9)
- Chinese
- 莕菜
- Czech
- Plavín leknínovitý
- English
- Fringed water-lily, Yellow floatingheart, Yellow floating heart
- French
- Faux nénuphar, Faux-nénuphar, Limnanthème Faux-Nénuphar
- German
- Gewöhnliche Seekanne, Seekanne, Teichenzian
- Italian
- Limnantemio
- Japanese
- ハナジュンサイ, 浅沙, 花蓴菜, 阿佐佐
- Romanian
- Plutică
- Slovenian
- Ščitastolistni plavček, Ščitolistna močvirka
Synonyms
- Limnanthemum nymphoides (L.) Hoffmanns. & Link
- Limnanthemum peltatum S.G.Gmel.
- Limnanthes nymphoides (L.) Stokes
- Limnanthes peltata Gray
- Menyanthes natans Lam.
- Menyanthes nymphoides L.
- Nymphoides europaea Fisch. ex Steud.
- Nymphoides flava Hill
- Nymphoides flava Hill ex Druce
- Nymphoides nymphoides (L.) Britton
- Nymphoides orbiculata Gilib.
- Schweyckerta nymphoides (L.) C.C.Gmel.
- Villarsia nymphoidea St.-Lag.
- Villarsia nymphoides (L.) Vent.
- Villarsia peltata (S.G.Gmel.) Roem. & Schult.
- Waldschmidia nymphoides (L.) F.H.Wigg.
Flowers
- In flower
- June to September (from 1,333 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- green (Wikidata)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Clay Gibbons, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Corey Farwell, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ilkka Tuunainen, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Andrew Conboy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: TeunSpaans at Dutch Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Fred Genot, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Jakub093, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: a.oellingrath, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: iljar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jakub093, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: perrine iou, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.