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immigrant pond-lily, spatterdock, yellow pond-lily

nénuphar à disque rouge

Rhizomes

mostly 5-10 cm diam.

1-2.5(-4) 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 often abaxially purple on new leaves, adaxially green to greenish purple, broadly ovate to oblong, 5-25 × 4.5-15 cm, 1.1-1.7 times as long as wide, sinus ca. 1/2 length of midrib, lobes overlapping to divergent and forming V-shaped angle;

surfaces glabrous.

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.

3 cm or more diam.;

sepals 5-6, abaxially green to yellow, adaxially often red-tinged toward base;

petals broadly spatulate and thin, or notched and thickened;

anthers (2-)3-6 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.

purple, dark brown, or rarely green, globose-ovoid, occasionally flask-shaped, 1.5-2.5 cm, strongly ribbed, deeply constricted below stigmatic disk, constriction 5-10 mm diam.;

stigmatic disk red, 8-14 mm diam., with 8-14 shallow crenations;

stigmatic rays 8-15, linear, terminating 0-1.6 mm from margin of disk.

Seeds

3-6 mm.

2.5-3.5 mm.

Nuphar advena

Nuphar rubrodisca

Phenology Flowering mid spring–early fall, extended farther south. Flowering summer.
Habitat Ponds, lakes, sluggish streams and rivers, springs, marshes, ditches, canals, sloughs, and tidal waters Ponds, lakes, sluggish streams, sloughs, 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; NB; NS; ON; QC
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.)

Nuphar rubrodisca is generally considered to be a hybrid between N. microphylla and N. variegata because it displays characteristics intermediate between the two taxa. It is reportedly sterile in some areas and completely fertile in others.

(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. microphylla, N. orbiculata, N. polysepala, 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 N. lutea subsp. rubrodisca, Nymphaea hybrida, Nymphaea rubrodisca
Name authority (Aiton) W. T. Aiton: Hortus Kew. 3: 295. (1811) Morong: Bot. Gaz. 11: 167. 1886 (as rubrodiscum)
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