Nymphoides cordata

Nymphoides cordata, the little floatingheart, is a species of floating aquatic plant native to eastern North America.

[1][2] The floating leaves are 30–70 mm long and cordate (or heart-shaped), with smooth, purple lower surfaces.

[3] The flowers are white with five petals.

[1] Little floatingheart grows in eastern North America, from the eastern provinces of Canada down to Maryland, and then reoccurs from the Carolinas down to Louisiana.

[4] Freshwater ponds, lakes, and slow-moving rivers and streams.