Nymphoides forbesiana Kuntze

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Menyanthaceae > Nymphoides

Characteristics

Plants perennial, occasionally annual, often reddish violet especially beneath the leaves.. Stolons 1-3 mm. wide.. Leaves circular, up to 12 cm. across, with a wide sinus; petiole 5-10(-30) mm. long.. Inflorescence usually 10-20-flowered; pedicels (2-)4-7 cm. long.. Calyx 4-7 mm., sepals spreading at anthesis, later closing around the capsule.. Corolla 1.2-1.5 cm. across, golden yellow; tube ± 3-3.5 mm. long; lobes ± 6-7 mm. long, fimbriate along the margins and midvein, hairy in the throat; heterostylous.. Stamens inserted near the sinus’ s of the corolla; filaments 1.5-1.7 mm. long in short-styled flowers, ± 0.5 mm. long in long-styled flowers; anthers 1.1-1.5 mm. long in both types of flowers.. Gynoecium ± 4 mm. or 5.5-6 mm.; ovary ovoid, ± 2 mm.; carpels 2; stigma bifid, membranous, laciniate along the margins.. Capsule ovoid, ± as long as the calyx but sometimes shorter when it contains only a few seeds.. Seeds up to ± 12, smooth to echinulate.
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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.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support aquatic
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It is a subtropical plant. It grows near ponds and rivers up to 1,660 m above sea level.
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Usage

The roots are used as a vegetable.
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Distribution

Nymphoides forbesiana world distribution map, present in South Africa

Conservation status

Nymphoides forbesiana threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:370195-1
WFO ID wfo-0000382481
COL ID 486Q6
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Synonyms

Nymphoides nilotica Limnanthemum niloticum Limnanthemum kirkii Nymphoides forbesiana Limnanthemum whytei Limnanthemum forbesianum