• 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)