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Your search found 5 taxa in the family Nymphaeaceae, Water-lily family, as understood by Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Broadleaf Pondlily, Cow-lily, Spatterdock, Yellow Pond Lily
Look for it in lakes, ponds, natural depression ponds, old millponds, slow-flowing rivers (blackwater & brownwater), tidal freshwater marshes
Common (uncommon in Mountains, rare in GA Mtns)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Narrowleaf Pondlily, Cow-lily, Spatterdock, Bonnets
Look for it in blackwater streams, rivers, and lakes, in swift, sluggish, or stagnant water, extending downriver into freshwater tidal areas
Uncommon (an endemic)
Native to the Carolinas
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Common Name:
Fragrant White Water-lily, American Water-lily, Sweet Water-lily
Look for it in ponds, sluggish waters
Common in Coastal Plain, uncommon in Piedmont, rare in Mountains
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name:
Yellow Water-lily, Banana Water-lily
Look for it in 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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Common Name:
Tropical Blue Water-lily
Look for it in ponds, ditches, cypress swamps
Rare
Native south and west of the Carolinas & Georgia
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