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.
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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Horticultural Information
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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