When you fall in love with the name of this flower, you can just imagine how beautiful the flower must be. Yes, Crested Floated Heart flowers are aquatic floating herb and dot almost in all ponds and lakes in India.
It is known as Kumudini in Hindi. Botanical name is Nymphoides cristata and belongs to Menyanthaceae family.
Crested Floating Heart plant is native to Asia. They are invasive and are found in slow-moving, still, shallow bodies of water like ponds, lakes, reservoirs, swamps, river, and canals.
It is a perennial plant. The stems of the plant are 10 – 30 cm and root from the nodes. The floating leaves are green and heart shaped and hence the name of the flower.
Flowers are white, small with five star shaped ruffled petals. They bloom on a single stalk above the water surface. Water Snowflake aquatic plant is related to Crested Floating Heart plant.
