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immigrant pond-lily, spatterdock, yellow pond-lily

Rhizomes

mostly 5-10 cm diam.

2-5 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 and adaxially green, lanceolate to ovate, 15-25 × 8-10 cm, ca. 2.5 times as long as wide, sinus less than 1/3 length of midrib, lobes often overlapping;

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.

2-3 cm diam.;

sepals 6-9, abaxially green to adaxially yellow toward base;

petals oblong, thick;

anthers 2-5 mm, slightly longer 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.

green, nearly globose, 1.5-2.5 × 1.5-2.5 cm, strongly ribbed, slightly constricted below stigmatic disk;

stigmatic disk green, 11-18 mm diam., undulate;

stigmatic rays 9-16, ± elliptic, terminating within 1 mm from margin of disk.

Seeds

3-6 mm.

3.5-4 mm.

Nuphar advena

Nuphar ulvacea

Phenology Flowering mid spring–early fall, extended farther south. Flowering spring–early fall.
Habitat Ponds, lakes, sluggish streams and rivers, springs, marshes, ditches, canals, sloughs, and tidal waters Blackwater rivers and streams
Elevation 0-450 m (0-1500 ft) 0-100 m (0-300 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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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.)

Of conservation concern.

Nuphar ulvacea is probably better treated as a subspecies. Gulf coast plants intermediate between N. ulvacea and N. advena, which have been treated as Nymphaea [Nuphar] chartacea, are treated under N. advena.

(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. rubrodisca, N. sagittifolia, 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 ulvacea, N. lutea subsp. ulvacea
Name authority (Aiton) W. T. Aiton: Hortus Kew. 3: 295. (1811) (G. S. Miller & Standley) Standley: Publ. Field Columbian Mus., Bot. Ser. 8: 311. 1931 (as ulvaceum)
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