Perennial, sometimes annual; floating stolons long and thin, 1-3 mm thick in life. Petiole 0.5-1(3) cm, lamina 12 cm in diam., subcircular with a deep narrow sinus. Flowers 10-20 heterostylous; pedicels 3-6 cm long. Calyx 3-4 mm long, spreading at anthesis. Corolla golden yellow 10-15 mm long, tube 3-3.5 mm long, lobes 6-7 mm long, fimbriate-laciniate along margins and midvein inside, hairy, sometimes more densely so at the throat. Capsule ovoid, 4-5 x 5.7 mm, slightly longer than the calyx, up to 12 seeded. Many fruits abort. Seeds 1.6-2.2 mm, round, smooth to spiny or glochidiate.
A herb that can be floating. It has long thin floating runners. The leaves are round and 12 cm across. They have a deep narrow slit. There are 10-20 flowers in a group. They are golden yellow. The fruit is an oval capsule 4-5 mm long by 5-7 mm wide. There can be 12 seeds.
Corolla golden yellow 10–15 mm. long, tube 3–3.5 mm. long, lobes 6–7 mm. long, fimbriate-laciniate along margins and midvein inside, hairy, sometimes more densely so at the throat.
Petiole 0.5–1 (3) cm., lamina 12 cm. in diam., subcircular with a deep narrow sinus.
Perennial, sometimes annual; floating stolons long and thin, 1–3 mm. thick in life.
Capsule ovoid, 4–5 x 5.7 mm. slightly longer than the calyx, up to 12 seeded.
Seeds 1.6–2.2 mm, round, smooth to spiny or glochidiate.
Flowers 10–20 heterostylous; pedicels 3–6 cm. long.
Calyx 3–4 mm. long, spreading at anthesis.
Many fruits abort.