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Nelumbonaceae
Nelumbo

not marked as a favorite taxon Nelumbo lutea Willdenow. Common name: Yonkapin, American Lotus-lily, Yellow Lotus, Yockernut, Water-chinquapin, Pond-nuts. Phenology: Jun-Sep. Habitat: Ponds, natural lakes, sluggish streams, freshwater tidal marshes. Distribution: NY and s. ON west to MN and IA, south to s. FL and e. TX, and south to s. Mexico; West Indies.

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, Can, F, FNA3, G, GrPl, GW2, Il, K4, Mex, Mi, Mo3, NcTx, NE, NS, NY, Pa, POWO, RAB, S, S13, Tn, Tx, Va, W, WH3, WV; = Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn. ssp. lutea (Willd.) Borsch & Barthlott; = Nelumbo pentapetala (Walter) Fernald — Tat. Basionym: Nelumbo lutea Willd. 1799

Links to other floras: = Nelumbo lutea - FNA3

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL
  • Great Plains: OBL
  • Midwest: OBL
  • Northcentral & Northeast: OBL

Heliophily ⓘ: 9

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image #1 of Nelumbo lutea© Grant Morrow Parkins | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Nelumbo lutea© Jacob Dakar, nuts in receptacle | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Nelumbo lutea© Keith Bradley | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Nelumbo lutea© Alan M. Cressler | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Nelumbo lutea© Emily Oglesby, receptacle | Original Image ⭷
image #6 of Nelumbo lutea© Will Stuart | Original Image ⭷
image #7 of Nelumbo lutea© Will Stuart | Original Image ⭷
image #8 of Nelumbo lutea© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷

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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Emergent or floating aquatic perennial found in ponds, natural lakes, sluggish streams and freshwater tidal marshes.

Stems: Flowers and leaves on separate stalks emerging from thick rhizomes rooted in mud.

Leaves: Leaves usually above water, round with a depressed center where the petiole attaches below, 12-28 in. wide, with a waxy coating that repels water.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers solitary on stiff, individual stalks raised above leaves and water, pale yellow, 8-12 in. wide, consisting of numerous erect, oval to spoon-shaped tepals spirally arranged around the numerous stamens and a central receptacle that resembles a shower head.

Fruits: Fruit an oval, nut-like seed found in the cavities of the enlarged receptacle.

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Height: to 3 ft. above water surface

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description: Emergent or floating aquatic perennial found in ponds, natural lakes, sluggish streams and freshwater tidal marshes.

stems: Flowers and leaves on separate stalks emerging from thick rhizomes rooted in mud.

leaves: Leaves usually above water, round with a depressed center where the petiole attaches below, 12-28 in. wide, with a waxy coating that repels water.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers solitary on stiff, individual stalks raised above leaves and water, pale yellow, 8-12 in. wide, consisting of numerous erect, oval to spoon-shaped tepals spirally arranged around the numerous stamens and a central receptacle that resembles a shower head.

fruits: Fruit an oval, nut-like seed found in the cavities of the enlarged receptacle.

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native range: eastern North America & Mexico



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