WorldFloraDB - Nymphoides geminata

Characteristics

Aquatic perennial with branched stolons up to c. 1 m long usually lying just below the water surface; nodes with adventitious roots suspended in water and short-petiolate floating lvs. Basal lvs: petioles to c. 1.75 m long, very slender; lamina floating, 4.5-8.5 × 3.5-7.5 cm, suborbicular or broadly elliptic-ovate, reddish pink or reddish purple beneath, glandular-punctate beneath; margin entire; base deeply cordate with a narrow triangular sinus 2-2.5 cm deep. Fls c. 7 per cluster; pedicels to c. 7 cm long, curving upwards towards apex to carry fls above surface. Calyx 6-9 mm long; lobes lanceolate, obtuse. Corolla medium yellow, 2.5-4 cm diam.; wings of lobes c. 2-3 mm broad, with fimbriae 2-3 mm long. Style short. Stigmatic lobes broad. Capsule < 1 cm long; seeds c. 1.5 mm long, glabrous.

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A water-lily like plant. Stems are usually absent. The leaves are round with a heart shaped base and floating. They are 3-8 cm across. The leaf stalks are 20 cm long. The flowers are yellow and the petals have fringes. The flowers are 3 cm across. The fruit is a capsule 0.5-0.8 cm long. The seeds are round but slightly flattened.

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Growth form	herb
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Environment

It grows in swamps and pools. It can grow in fast-flowing fresh water. It can grow in water 2.5 m deep. It grows in tropical, subtropical and warm temperate locations. It grows to 1,000 m altitude in New South Wales.

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Usage

The tubers are eaten.

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Cultivation

Plants are grown by division. They can also be grown from seed.

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