- Scientific Name: Nymphoides cristata (Roxb.) Kuntze
- Ref: Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 429. 1891.
- Synonym: Menyanthes cristata Roxb., Pl. Coromandel 2: 3. 1798
- English Common Name: crested floatingheart
- Chinese Common Name: 水皮莲 shuǐpí∙lián, 水鬼莲 shuǐguǐ∙lián, 水浮莲 shuǐfú∙lián
- Japanese Common Name: ヒメガガブタ [姫鏡蓋] himegagabuta
- Family: Menyanthaceae
- Genus: Nymphoides
- Distribution: Standing water. Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Sichuan, Taiwan [E India].
- Photo: 08/14/2019, Hangzhou Botanical Garden, Zhejiang
- Note: considered as a synonym of Nymphoides hydrophylla (Loureiro) Kuntze by Hara, Chater et Williams (Enum. Fl.Pl.Nepal 3:95.1982)
Rhizomes horizontal. Stems cylindric, unbranched, with a terminal leaf. Petiole cylindric, 1-3 cm; leaf blade ovate-orbicular to suborbicular, 3-10 cm, subcoriaceous, abaxially densely glandular, base cordate, margin entire, veins indistinct. Flowers many, grouped on nodes, 5merous. Pedicel cylindric, 3-4.5 cm. Calyx 3-5.5 mm, lobed to near base; lobes ovate-elliptic to ovate, apex obtuse. Corolla white with a yellow center, 4-8 mm; lobes ovate with a keeled fold from base to apex, apex obtuse. Filaments linear, 1-2 mm; anthers 0.8-1 mm. Style short; stigma lobes triangular. Capsules subglobose, 3-5 mm in diam., few seeded. Seeds light brown, globose, 1.3-1.5 mm in diam.; seed coat smooth or scabrous. Fl. and fr. Sep. 2n = 18. (Flora of China)