Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Basal Angiosperms (flowering plants): Nymphaeales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Nuphar advena
FAMILY
Nymphaeaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Nuphar from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Nuphar lutea ssp. advena
FAMILY
Nymphaeaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Nuphar advena ssp. advena
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
COMMON NAME:
Broadleaf Pondlily, Cow-lily, Spatterdock, Yellow Pond Lily
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm081016_017
October Greenville County SC
Lake Conestee Nature Park
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Nuphar advena
FAMILY
Nymphaeaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Nuphar lutea ssp. advena
FAMILY
Nymphaeaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Nuphar advena ssp. advena
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
970
Floating-leaved aquatic (rooted); Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (uncommon in Mountains, rare in GA Mtns)
Look for it in lakes, ponds, natural depression ponds, old millponds, slow-flowing rivers (blackwater & brownwater), tidal freshwater marshes, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Aquatic
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Yellow
Bisexual
5-14 petaloid sepals
Numerous petals
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 p58
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South p183
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p176
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p275
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p110
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p012
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p060?
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p069
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p030
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p048
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p042
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p279