Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Basal Angiosperms (flowering plants): Nymphaeales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Nuphar advena
FAMILY
Nymphaeaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Nuphar from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
The most widespread and common Nuphar in e. North America, per Weakley's Flora (2022)
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Nuphar lutea ssp. advena
FAMILY
Nymphaeaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Nuphar advena ssp. advena
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Nuphar advena
SYNONYMOUS WITH Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Nuphar advena ssp. advena
SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Nuphar luteum ssp. macrophyllum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 073-01-001a:
Nuphar luteum ssp. macrophyllum FAMILY Nymphaeaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Nymphaea advena
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Nymphaea chartacea
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Nymphaea fluviatilis
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Nymphaea macrophylla
COMMON NAME:
Spatterdock, Broadleaf Pondlily, Cow-lily, Yellow Pond Lily
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_nyad_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_nyma_001_lhd
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USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970 swus_page_175
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JK Marlow jkm070328_006
March Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm130430_892
April Spartanburg County SC
The most widespread & common Nuphar in eastern North America, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm180405_1053
April Greenville County SC
Lake Conestee Nature Park
Large oval leaves notched at base, floating or held above the surface, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm180405_1054
April Greenville County SC
Lake Conestee Nature Park
Floating leaf blades 1-2x long as wide, the sinus > 1/4 as long as the midrib, per Weakley's Flora.
COMPARE
aquatic plants
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JK Marlow jkm120512_733
May Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Flowers w 5-6 large yellow sepals & numerous small petals resembling stamens, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977).
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JK Marlow jkm120512_738
May Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Six convex yellow sepals almost conceal the many-lobed stigma, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm080608_025
June Greenville County SC
Lake Conestee Nature Park
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JK Marlow jkm080611_030b
June Greenville County SC
Lake Conestee Nature Park
Fruit broadly ovoid beneath stigmatic disk, 3-5cm broad, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm081016_017
October Greenville County SC
Lake Conestee Nature Park
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Nuphar advena
FAMILY
Nymphaeaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Nuphar lutea ssp. advena
FAMILY
Nymphaeaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Nuphar advena ssp. advena
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Nuphar advena
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Nuphar advena ssp. advena
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Nuphar luteum ssp. macrophyllum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 073-01-001a:
Nuphar luteum ssp. macrophyllum
FAMILY
Nymphaeaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Nymphaea advena
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Nymphaea chartacea
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Nymphaea fluviatilis
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Nymphaea macrophylla
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Floating-leaved aquatic (rooted); Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Lakes, ponds, natural depression ponds, old millponds, slow-flowing rivers (blackwater and brownwater), tidal freshwater marshes, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in Carolina Mountains & GA Piedmont) (rare in GA Mountains)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Yellow
5-14 petaloid sepals
Numerous petals
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Berry-like
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to Aquatic Plants of Alabama (Lovell, 2007) p58
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p183
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p480
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p176
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p275
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p110
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p012
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p069
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p262
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p030
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p048
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p042
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p279
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