Nymphoides montana

Family Menyanthaceae

Aquatic annual or perennial herb, often tufted with floating leaves to 5 cm diameter. Longevity 1 – 3 years, usually not stoloniferous.

Flowers: Yellow, November - March

Fruit: Capsule 5 – 8 mm long, submerged at maturity, December – March.

Seed: Black to 1 mm long, water dispersed.

Gallery images: seed, seedling, rootstock, resprout

Ecology

• Aquatic habitat, ponds, margins of rivers in water less than 1 m deep.
• Planted in lakes at the Australian Botanic Garden, and spreading locally.