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Nymphoides peltata - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Beijing Botanical Garden, Beijing, China; 6/2008 © Jörn Germer

Nymphoides peltata - Flower side view - Click to enlarge!

Flower side view; Beijing Botanical Garden, Beijing, China; 6/2008 © Jörn Germer

Nymphoides peltata - Upper surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper surface of leaf; Beijing Botanical Garden, Beijing, China; 6/2008 © Jörn Germer

Nymphoides peltata - Lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Lower surface of leaf; Beijing Botanical Garden, Beijing, China; 6/2008 © Jörn Germer

Nymphoides peltata - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Beijing Botanical Garden, Beijing, China; 6/2008 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 846
Date of entry: 19.06.2008
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Fringed Water Lily

German: Seekanne

Mandarin: 荇菜 (xing cai)

Portuguese: Golfão pequeno

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Solanales (101)

        Family: Menyanthaceae (3)(family description)

          Genus: Nymphoides (2)

            Epithet: peltata (Gmel.) Kuntze (2)

peltata => shield-shaped, referring to shape of leaf and position of stalk in center of leaf

Characteristics

Climate: sub-tropical

Habitat: hydrophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: yellow

External links

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