Water Poppy (Hydrocleys nymphoides)
Hydrocleys nymphoides is an aquatic perennial with glossy green, floating leaves. It produces showy, three-petaled yellow flowers resembling poppies, emerging above.
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Synonyms
Hydrocleys azurea Schult.f.
Hydrocleys commersonii Rich.
Limnocharis commersonii (Rich.) Spreng.
Limnocharis nymphoides (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Micheli
Sagittaria ranunculoides Vell.
Stratiotes nymphoides Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.
Vespuccia humboldtii (Rich.) Parl.
Taxonomy
- kingdomPlantae
- divisionTracheophyta
- classLiliopsida
- orderAlismatales
- familyAlismataceae
- genusHydrocleys
- speciesHydrocleys nymphoides