Little Floatingheart Nymphoides cordata
- Description
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Little Floatingheart is a freshwater aquatic plant with delicate white flowers in the buckbean family.
Habitat: Upland depression ponds, sluggish streams, beaverponds, primarily in the fall-line Sandhills
- See this plant in the following landscape:
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Nymphoides
- Species:
- cordata
- Family:
- Menyanthaceae
- Life Cycle:
- Perennial
- Country Or Region Of Origin:
- Eastern U.S.A. and Canada
- Distribution:
- AL , CT , DE , FL , GA , LA , MA , MD , ME , MS , NC , NH , NJ , NY , PA , RI , SC , VT. Canada: NB , NL , NS , PE
- Particularly Resistant To (Insects/Diseases/Other Problems):
- Heat and drought tolerant.
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Native Plant
- Water Plant
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Cultural Conditions:
- Light:
- Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
- Soil Texture:
- Clay
- Loam (Silt)
- Sand
- Soil Drainage:
- Frequent Standing Water
- Moist
- Occasionally Wet
- NC Region:
- Coastal
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Fruit:
- Display/Harvest Time:
- Summer
- Fruit Description:
- Fruit displays from May to September.
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Flowers:
- Flower Color:
- White
- Flower Bloom Time:
- Summer
- Flower Description:
- White flowers bloom from April to August.
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Leaves:
- Hairs Present:
- No
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Stem:
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
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Landscape:
- Landscape Location:
- Pond
- Riparian
- Landscape Theme:
- Native Garden
- Water Garden
