OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.

Your search found 5 taxa in the family Nymphaeaceae, Water-lily family, as understood by PLANTS National Database.

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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Spatterdock, Broadleaf Pondlily, Cow-lily, Yellow Pond Lily

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Nuphar advena   FAMILY: Nymphaeaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Nuphar lutea ssp. advena   FAMILY: Nymphaeaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Nuphar luteum ssp. macrophyllum 073-01-001a   FAMILY: Nymphaeaceae

 

Habitat: Lakes, ponds, natural depression ponds, old millponds, slow-flowing rivers (blackwater and brownwater), tidal freshwater marshes

Common (uncommon in Carolina Mountains & GA Piedmont) (rare in GA Mountains)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Narrowleaf Pondlily, Cow-lily, Spatterdock, Bonnets

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Nuphar sagittifolia   FAMILY: Nymphaeaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Nuphar lutea ssp. sagittifolia   FAMILY: Nymphaeaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Nuphar luteum ssp. sagittifolium 073-01-001b   FAMILY: Nymphaeaceae

 

Habitat: Blackwater streams, rivers, and lakes, acid-water ponds, in swift, sluggish, or stagnant water, extending downriver into freshwater tidal areas

Uncommon in Carolina Coastal Plain

Native to the Carolinas

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Fragrant White Water-lily, American Water-lily, Sweet Water-lily, White Water-lily

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Nymphaea odorata ssp. odorata   FAMILY: Nymphaeaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Nymphaea odorata ssp. odorata   FAMILY: Nymphaeaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Nymphaea odorata 073-02-001   FAMILY: Nymphaeaceae

 

Habitat: Ponds, sluggish waters

Common in Coastal Plain, uncommon in Piedmont, rare in Mountains

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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speaker icon Common Name: Yellow Water-lily, Banana Water-lily

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Nymphaea mexicana   FAMILY: Nymphaeaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Nymphaea mexicana   FAMILY: Nymphaeaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Nymphaea mexicana 073-02-002   FAMILY: Nymphaeaceae

 

Habitat: Sluggish or stagnant waters; scattered in occurrence and possibly introduced from farther south, but the introduction agents may well be wild ducks, such as canvasbacks

Rare

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia?

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Tropical Blue Water-lily

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Nymphaea elegans   FAMILY: Nymphaeaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Nymphaea elegans   FAMILY: Nymphaeaceae

 

Habitat: Ponds, ditches, cypress swamps

Native south and west of the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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