Nuphar variegata |
Nuphar microphylla |
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bullhead pond-lily, grand nénuphar jaune, spatterdock, variegated pond-lily, variegated yellow pond-lily, varigated yellow pond-lily, yellow pond-lily |
petit nénuphar jaune, small-leaf pond-lily, yellow pond-lily |
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Rhizomes | 2.5-7 cm diam. |
1-2 cm diam. |
Leaves | blade abaxially and adaxially green, sometimes abaxially purple-tinged, broadly ovate to oblong, 7-35 5-25 cm, 1.2-1.6 times as long as wide, sinus 1/3-1/2 length of midrib, lobes approximate to overlapping; surfaces glabrous. |
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 | 2.5-5 cm diam.; sepals mostly 6, abaxially green to yellow, adaxially usually with red or maroon toward base; petals oblong, thick; anthers 3-9 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 | mostly purple-tinged, ovoid, 2-4.3 2-3.5 cm, strongly ribbed, slightly constricted below stigmatic disk; stigmatic disk green, rarely reddened, 8-20 mm diam., entire to deeply crenate; stigmatic rays 7-28, linear to narrowly lanceolate, terminating 0-1(-1.5) 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 | 2.5-5 mm. |
ca. 3 mm. |
2n | = 34. |
= 34. |
Nuphar variegata |
Nuphar microphylla |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–summer. | Flowering summer–early fall. |
Habitat | Ponds, lakes, sluggish streams, and ditches | Ponds, lakes, sluggish streams, sloughs, ditches, and occasionally tidal waters |
Elevation | 0-2000 m (0-6600 ft) | 0-400 m (0-1300 ft) |
Distribution |
CT; DE; IA; ID; IL; IN; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MT; ND; NE; NH; NJ; NY; OH; PA; RI; SD; VT; WI; AB; BC; MB; NB; NF; NS; NT; ON; PE; QC; SK; YT; SPM
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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 variegata is distinct throughout most of its range. The leaves are characteristically floating, being emergent only under low-water conditions. Intermediates between N. variegata and N. microphylla, probably of hybrid origin, are treated as N. rubrodisca. Some intergrading of characteristics occurs where the range overlaps with N. advena (E. O. Beal 1956). This can be observed in the mid-Atlantic region. Intermediates between N. variegata and N. polysepala occur in eastern British Columbia where the two species are sympatric. Authorship and typification of this name were discussed by E. G. Voss (1965). (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 | ||
Synonyms | N. americana, N. fraterna, N. lutea subsp. variegata, Nymphaea americana, Nymphaea fraterna | Nymphaea microphylla, N. kalmiana, N. minima |
Name authority | Durand: in G. W. Clinton, Rep. (Annual) Regents Univ. State New York State Cab. Nat. Hist. 19: 73. 1866 (as variegatum) | (Persoon) Fernald: Rhodora 19: 111. 1917 (as microphyllum) |
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