Nymphoides peltata (S.G.Gmel.) Kuntze

Cite taxon page as 'WFO (2023): Nymphoides peltata (S.G.Gmel.) Kuntze. Published on the Internet;http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000382361. Accessed on: 01 Jun 2023'

General Information

Rhizomes horizontal. Stem cylindric, unbranched, sometimes producing rootlets from nodes. Leaves alternate at stem base but opposite at apex; petiole cylindric, 5-10 cm, base widened into an amplexicaul sheath; leaf blade ovate-orbicular to orbicular, 1.5-8 cm in diam., subcoriaceous, abaxially purple-brown and densely glandular, adaxially glabrous, base cordate, margin entire, veins indistinct. Flowers usually densely clustered at nodes, 5-merous, distylous. Pedicel 3-7 cm. Calyx 7-9 mm, lobed to near base; lobes elliptic-lanceolate to elliptic, apex obtuse. Corolla golden yellow, 2.5-3 cm, rotate, lobed to near base; lobes obovate, margin broadly membranous and irregularly laciniate, apex rounded to emarginate. Filaments sparsely pilose. Short styled flowers: ovary 5-7 mm; style 1-2 mm; stigma small, filaments 3-4 mm; anthers curved, sagittate, 4-6 mm. Long styled flowers: ovary 0.7-1.7 cm; style to 1 cm; stigma large, 2lobed, suborbicular; filaments 1-2 mm; anthers 2-3.5 mm. Glands golden yellow. Capsules elliptic, 1.7-2.5 × 0.8-1.1 cm. Seeds brown, compressed, elliptic, 4-5 mm, densely ciliate. Fl. and fr. Apr-Oct. 2n = 54.

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Stems stout, commonly 2–3 mm thick, bearing a pair of opposite, usually unequal lvs subtending the umbel, often extended and bearing additional umbels; lvs subrotund, 5–15 cm long and wide; fls heterostylic; cor bright yellow, 2–2.5 cm, its lobes somewhat fringed below; anthers 4–5 mm; fr 12–25 mm, strongly beaked; seeds flat, the margin ciliate and narrowly winged; 2n=54. Native of Europe, intr. in quiet waters here and there in our range. June–Sept.

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Morphology

Wasserpflanze mit ± kreisrunden, tief herzförmigen, lederig glänzenden, unterseits drüsig punktierten Schwimmblättern, Durchmesser 3–10 cm, Nerven radiär und verzweigt. Blüten goldgelb, einzeln auf langen Stielen, wenig aus dem Wasser ragend

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Ecology

7–9. Stehende Gewässer ; angepflanzt und z.T. eingebürgert, kollin(-montan). Vereinzelt M, TI und JN.

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Other Local Names

Name	Language	Country
Limnanthème jaune	French	CH	Provided by: [A].Flora Helvetica – Illustrierte Flora der Schweiz
Teichenzian	German	CH	Provided by: [A].Flora Helvetica – Illustrierte Flora der Schweiz
Limnantemio	Italian	CH	Provided by: [A].Flora Helvetica – Illustrierte Flora der Schweiz

Bibliography

1 "Nymphoides peltata (S. G. Gmel.) Kuntze in Flora of China @ efloras.org" eFlora. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA., 2002. Web. Accessed February 2018.
2 Flora Helvetica, Illustrierte Flora der Schweiz. K. Lauber, G. Wagner, A. Gygax, Haupt Verlag, 2018. ISBN-978-3-258-08047-5
3 Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

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