Little floatingheart is a freshwater aquatic plant with delicate white flowers in the Menyanthaceae (buckbean) family. It is found in quiet flowing rivers, streams, and lakes from Canada to FL and primarily in the Sandhills of NC. The heart-shaped leaves are green to mottled with red and the undersides are reddish-purple in color. The white flowers appear in summer and are held above the foliage. The plant has clusters of thick roots that float in the water in addition to underground rhizomes. Use this plant in freshwater ponds or streams. It needs to be submerged in water in full to partial sun conditions. It can also be grown in a pot and submerged in a large tub. Little floatingheart is a much better choice than the non-native invasive yellow flowering plant, N. peltata . Insects, Diseases, and Other Plant Problems: No significant problems. The plant is endangered or imperiled in some areas of the USA and Canada.
Curated pairwise relationships between this plant and others in the library — who feeds
whom, who competes, who confuses the pests. Green reads as a good pairing, red as one to avoid.
No curated interactions recorded for this species yet.
Also noted by NC State
Related species the NC State Plant Toolbox flags for this plant — look-alikes to tell
apart, and plants that play a similar role in a planting. Ones we carry in the library are linked.