Nymphoides peltata(S.G.Gmel.) Kuntze

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WFO wfo-0000382361 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Nymphoides peltata, photographed by Steve Lawson
fig. a Steve Lawson, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-05 / obs. 203502116
Nymphoides peltata, photographed by Нурхайдарова Татьяна
fig. b Нурхайдарова Татьяна, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201552861
Nymphoides peltata, photographed by Thomas Ebner
fig. c Thomas Ebner, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 158391519
Nymphoides peltata, photographed by Oleg Kosterin
fig. d Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 156932735
Nymphoides peltata, photographed by Oleg Kosterin
fig. e Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 156862433
Nymphoides peltata, photographed by Harshjeet Singh Bal
fig. f Harshjeet Singh Bal, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 153726354
Nymphoides peltata, photographed by Charlie Farrell
fig. g Charlie Farrell, CC0 1.0 / obs. 151063697
Nymphoides peltata, photographed by Tom Field
fig. h Tom Field, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 161435773

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Native range 55 botanical countries

Regions where Nymphoides peltata is native: Algeria, Altay, Amur, Buryatiya, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Irkutsk, Japan, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Manchuria, Mongolia, North Caucasus, Primorye, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tuva, Uzbekistan, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutiya, West Himalaya, Albania, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Czechia-Slovakia, East European Russia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, North European Russia, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, South European Russia, Spain, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine AlgeriaAltayAmurBuryatiyaChina North-CentralChina South-CentralChina SoutheastChitaInner MongoliaIranIraqIrkutskJapanKazakhstanKhabarovskKrasnoyarskManchuriaMongoliaNorth CaucasusPrimoryeTibetTranscaucasusTuvaUzbekistanWest SiberiaXinjiangYakutiyaWest HimalayaAlbaniaAustriaBaltic StatesBelarusBelgiumBulgariaCentral European RussiaCzechia-SlovakiaEast European RussiaFranceGermanyGreeceHungaryItalyNetherlandsNorth European RussiaNW. Balkan Pen.PolandPortugalRomaniaSouth European RussiaSpainTürkiye-in-EuropeUkraine KoreaSardegna
Native distribution of Nymphoides peltata, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Altay ALT ASIA-TEMPERATE
Amur AMU
Buryatiya BRY
China North-Central CHN
China South-Central CHC
China Southeast CHS
Chita CTA
Inner Mongolia CHI
Iran IRN
Iraq IRQ
Irkutsk IRK
Japan JAP
Kazakhstan KAZ
Khabarovsk KHA
Korea KOR
Krasnoyarsk KRA
Manchuria CHM
Mongolia MON
North Caucasus NCS
Primorye PRM
Tibet CHT
Transcaucasus TCS
Tuva TVA
Uzbekistan UZB
West Siberia WSB
Xinjiang CHX
Yakutiya YAK
Albania ALB EUROPE
Austria AUT
Baltic States BLT
Belarus BLR
Belgium BGM
Bulgaria BUL
Central European Russia RUC
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
East European Russia RUE
France FRA
Germany GER
Great Britain GRB
Greece GRC
Hungary HUN
Italy ITA
Netherlands NET
North European Russia RUN
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Poland POL
Portugal POR
Romania ROM
Sardegna SAR
South European Russia RUS
Spain SPA
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Ukraine UKR
Algeria ALG AFRICA
West Himalaya WHM ASIA-TROPICAL

Not drawn on the map: Great Britain. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Flowering 1,023 in flower of 1,072 examined

Peak flowering in May. Each bar is the share of Nymphoides peltata observations in which someone actually recorded the reproductive state and found the plant in flower, not the raw number of flowering records. That distinction matters: people observe plants far more in spring than in winter, so a bare count of flowering records partly measures when people go outside. Dividing by the number examined removes that. 1,023 of 1,072 examined observations were in flower, every one of them research grade. The whisker on each bar is a 95% Wilson interval. 4 months have fewer than 5 examined observations, so no proportion is drawn for them. This is still a global aggregate and not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres. Where a species has fewer than 30 flowering records we do not draw this chart at all. Computed from 10.15468/dl.cgje2x.

Also published as 16 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Limnanthemum nymphoides (L.) Hoffmanns. & Link
  • Limnanthemum peltatum S.G.Gmel.
  • Limnanthes nymphoides (L.) Stokes
  • Limnanthes peltata Gray
  • Menyanthes natans Lam.
  • Menyanthes nymphoides L.
  • Nymphoides europaea Fisch. ex Steud.
  • Nymphoides flava Hill ex Druce
  • Nymphoides flava Hill
  • Nymphoides nymphoides (L.) Britton
  • Nymphoides orbiculata Gilib.
  • Schweyckerta nymphoides (L.) C.C.Gmel.
  • Villarsia nymphoidea St.-Lag.
  • Villarsia nymphoides (L.) Vent.
  • Villarsia peltata (S.G.Gmel.) Roem. & Schult.
  • Waldschmidia nymphoides (L.) F.H.Wigg.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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