HABIT	SUBMERSED AND FLOATING-LEAVED AQUATIC PLANT.
STEMS	STEMS EMERGE AT INTERVALS FROM SLENDER ROOTS.
LEAVES	LAMINA OF THE FLOATING LEAVES PELTATE, BROADLY ELLIPTIC TO OVATE, MARGINS ENTIRE. DIVISIONS OF SUBMERGED LEAVES THREE-DIMENTIONALLY RAMIFID, NON-PLANAR, TERMINAL DIVISIONS NARROW AND LINEAR. YOUNG FLOATING LEAVES RAISED 0.5 CM ABOVE SURFACE OF WATER BY THICK PETIOLE
FLOWERS	SOLITARY, RAISED ABOVE THE WATER SURFACE ON A LONG PEDICEL; YELLOW