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immigrant pond-lily, spatterdock, yellow pond-lily

petit nénuphar jaune, small-leaf pond-lily, yellow pond-lily

Rhizomes

mostly 5-10 cm diam.

1-2 cm diam.

Leaves

blade abaxially and adaxially green, broadly ovate to nearly orbiculate, 12-40 - 7-30 cm, 1-2 times as long as wide, sinus 1/3-1/2 length of midrib, lobes overlapping to divergent, often forming angle of 90° or greater;

surfaces abaxially glabrous to sparsely pubescent.

blade abaxially often purple, adaxially green to greenish purple, broadly elliptic to ovate, 3.5-10(-13) × 3.5-7.5(-8.5) cm, 1-1.5 times as long as wide, sinus 2/3 or more length of midrib, lobes divergent and forming V-shaped angle;

surfaces abaxially glabrous to densely pubescent.

Flowers

to 4 cm diam.;

sepals mostly 6, abaxially green to adaxially yellow, rarely red-tinged toward base;

petals oblong, thick;

anthers 3-7 mm, longer than filaments.

1-2 cm diam.;

sepals 5(-10), abaxially green to adaxially yellow toward base;

petals broadly spatulate and thin, or notched and thickened;

anthers 1-3 mm, shorter than filaments.

Fruit

green, ovoid, 2-5 × 2-5 cm, moderately ribbed, slightly constricted below stigmatic disk;

stigmatic disk green, occasionally reddened, 13-25 mm diam., entire to crenate;

stigmatic rays 9-23, linear to lanceolate, terminating 1-3 mm from margin of disk.

yellow, green, brown, or rarely purple, mostly globose-ovoid, occasionally flask-shaped, 1-2 cm, smooth basally, faintly ribbed toward apex, deeply constricted below stigmatic disk, constriction 1.5-5 mm diam.;

stigmatic disk red, 2.5-7 mm diam., with 6-10 deep crenations;

stigmatic rays 6-11, linear, terminating 0-0.2 mm from margin of disk.

Seeds

3-6 mm.

ca. 3 mm.

2n

= 34.

Nuphar advena

Nuphar microphylla

Phenology Flowering mid spring–early fall, extended farther south. Flowering summer–early fall.
Habitat Ponds, lakes, sluggish streams and rivers, springs, marshes, ditches, canals, sloughs, and tidal waters Ponds, lakes, sluggish streams, sloughs, ditches, and occasionally tidal waters
Elevation 0-450 m (0-1500 ft) 0-400 m (0-1300 ft)
Distribution
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AL; AR; CT; DC; DE; FL; GA; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MD; ME; MI; MO; MS; NC; NJ; NY; OH; OK; PA; SC; TN; TX; VA; VT; WI; WV; ON; Mexico (Coahuila, Tamaulipas); West Indies (Cuba)
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CT; MA; ME; MI; MN; NH; NJ; NY; PA; VT; WI; MB; NB; NS; ON; QC; Europe; n Asia
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Discussion

Nuphar advena is extremely variable and intergrades with N. orbiculata, N. ulvacea, and N. sagittifolia in areas of sympatry. Intergradation with N. variegata (E. O. Beal 1956) can be observed in the mid-Atlantic region, although most floristic treatments from the area of overlap treat the two taxa as distinct species. Local variation in the Ozark Mountains and in Texas, the basis for the names Nymphaea ozarkana, N. ovata, and N. puberula, is not considered sufficient to warrant recognition.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Intermediates between Nuphar microphylla and N. variegata, probably of hybrid origin, are treated as N. rubrodisca. A form with ten sepals (Nuphar microphyllum forma multisepalum Lakela) occurs in northeastern Minnesota. Recent observations of the Eurasian N. pumila (Timm) de Candolle by C. B. Hellquist in Siberia suggest that Beal's lumping of N microphylla under N. lutea subsp. pumila (Timm) E. O. Beal should be further studied.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 3. FNA vol. 3.
Parent taxa Nymphaeaceae > Nuphar Nymphaeaceae > Nuphar
Sibling taxa
N. microphylla, N. orbiculata, N. polysepala, N. rubrodisca, N. sagittifolia, N. ulvacea, N. variegata
N. advena, N. orbiculata, N. polysepala, N. rubrodisca, N. sagittifolia, N. ulvacea, N. variegata
Synonyms Nymphaea advena, N. fluviatilis, N. lutea subsp. advena, N. lutea subsp. macrophylla, N. lutea subsp. ozarkana, N. ozarkana, N. puteora, N. ×interfluitans, Nymphaea advena subsp. macrophylla, N. chartacea, Nymphaea fluviatilis, N. ludoviciana, N. macrophylla, N. microcarpa, N. ovata, N. ozarkana, N. puberula Nymphaea microphylla, N. kalmiana, N. minima
Name authority (Aiton) W. T. Aiton: Hortus Kew. 3: 295. (1811) (Persoon) Fernald: Rhodora 19: 111. 1917 (as microphyllum)
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