Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Basal Angiosperms (flowering plants): Nymphaeales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Nymphaea odorata ssp. odorata
FAMILY
Nymphaeaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Nymphaea from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Nymphaea odorata ssp. odorata
FAMILY
Nymphaeaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Nymphaea odorata ssp. odorata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Nymphaea odorata ssp. odorata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Nymphaea odorata
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 073-02-001:
Nymphaea odorata FAMILY Nymphaeaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Castalia lekophylla
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Castalia minor
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Castalia odorata
COMMON NAME:
Fragrant White Water-lily, American Water-lily, Sweet Water-lily, White Water-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_caod4_001_lhd
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USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970 swus_page_177
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Alan S. Weakley asw_234927992283180
April FL
Apalachicola National Forest
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Alan S. Weakley asw_6484580131564812
April FL
Apalachicola National Forest
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JK Marlow jkm160416_287
April Lowndes County GA
Leaf basal lobes w rather sharp corner or angle [vs. Nymphoides more cordate], per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm160416_298
April Lowndes County GA
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JK Marlow jkm160416_299
April Lowndes County GA
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Alan S. Weakley asw_208976998582665
May Cumberland County NC
Carvers Creek State Park
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JK Marlow jkm0505v_10
May Charleston County SC
Free-floating and anchored from a thick rhizome, per Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995).
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JK Marlow jkm0505v_12b
May Charleston County SC
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_n_odorata_odorata_15
July
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JK Marlow jkm150808_618
August Watauga County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway, Moses Cone Park
Leaves purple beneath, per Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995).
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JK Marlow jkm150808_624
August Watauga County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway, Moses Cone Park
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JK Marlow jkm150808_625
August Watauga County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway, Moses Cone Park
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JK Marlow jkm150808_647
August Watauga County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway, Moses Cone Park
Sepals uniformly green or reddened, obscurely to prominently veined, per Flora of North America.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_n_odorata_od_18c
August
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Keith Bradley kab_n_odorata_70129
September Broward County FL
Long Key Nature Center and Natural Area
Large, 5-12", rounded floating leaves green above and often purplish below, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
COMPARE
aquatic plants
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmn_odourata
Month Unknown
Distinctive for its sweet-scented white showy flowers, per Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Nymphaea odorata ssp. odorata
FAMILY
Nymphaeaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Nymphaea odorata ssp. odorata
FAMILY
Nymphaeaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Nymphaea odorata ssp. odorata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Nymphaea odorata ssp. odorata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Nymphaea odorata
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 073-02-001:
Nymphaea odorata
FAMILY
Nymphaeaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Castalia lekophylla
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Castalia minor
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Castalia odorata
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Floating-leaved aquatic (rooted); Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Ponds, sluggish waters, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain, uncommon in Piedmont, rare in Mountains
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White
(rarely pink)
4 sepals
Numerous petals
Numerous stamens
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Berry-like
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p147
- Field Guide to Aquatic Plants of Alabama (Lovell, 2007) p59
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p183
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p152
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p338
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p484
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p358
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p174
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p112
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p012
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p070
- 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) p049
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p042
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p274
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