Plants Profile for Nymphoides peltata (yellow floatingheart)

General Information
Symbol:	NYPE
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Menyanthaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb
Native Status:	CAN I L48 I
Data Source and Documentation

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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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©G.A. Cooper. Provided by Smithsonian Institution, Department of Botany. United States, DC, Washington, Kenilworth Aquatic Garden. Usage Requirements.

©Robin R. Buckallew. United States, OK, Lake Texoma. Usage Requirements.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 3: 19. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name
LIPE6	Limnanthemum peltatum S.G. Gmel.
NYNY	Nymphoides nymphaeoides (L.) Britton

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Solanales
Family	Menyanthaceae – Buckbean family
Genus	Nymphoides Hill – floatingheart
Species	Nymphoides peltata (S.G. Gmel.) Kuntze – yellow floatingheart

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

Noxious Weed Information
This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.
Connecticut yellow floating heart Potentially invasive, banned
Maine yellow floating heart Invasive aquatic plant
Massachusetts Yellow floating heart Prohibited
Oregon yellow floating heart "A" designated weed yellow floating heart Quarantine
Vermont yellow floating heart Class B noxious weed
Washington yellow floating heart Class B noxious weed yellow floating heart Wetland and aquatic weed quarantine

U.S. Weed Information
Nymphoides peltata yellow floating heart This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below.This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.
STATE	Assorted authors. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

North America
Arid West	OBL
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain	OBL
Eastern Mountains and Piedmont	OBL
Great Plains	OBL
Midwest	OBL
Northcentral & Northeast	OBL
Western Mountains, Valleys, and Coast	OBL