| Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nymphaeaceae | Nymphaea ×daubenyana | ||||
| Nymphaeaceae | Nymphaea ampla | Dotleaf Waterlily | Ponds and canals. | Native of tropical and subtropical America, perhaps including s. Florida. | ![]() (c) Alcalá, Alberto - CC-BY |
| Nymphaeaceae | Nymphaea capensis var. zanzibariensis | Cape Blue Waterlily | Ponds and canals. | Native of Africa. | ![]() (c) Palmer, Rob - CC-BY |
| Nymphaeaceae | Nymphaea elegans | Tropical Blue Waterlily | Ponds, ditches, cypress swamps. | Florida west to Texas, south into Mexico; Bahamas. | ![]() (c) Bradley, Keith |
| Nymphaeaceae | Nymphaea jamesoniana | Night-blooming Waterlily, Jameson’s Waterlily | Ponds, canals, and sloughs; perhaps only introduced in our area. | Florida peninsula; West Indies; Mexico, Central America, and South America. | ![]() (c) Hammer, Roger L. |
| Nymphaeaceae | Nymphaea lotus | White Egyptian Lotus | Canals, ponds. | Native of Africa. | ![]() (c) Trekker, Agnes - CC0 |
| Nymphaeaceae | Nymphaea mexicana | Banana Waterlily, Yellow Waterlily, Herbe au coeur (frc) | Sluggish or stagnant waters; scattered in occurrence and possibly introduced from farther south, but the introduction agents may well be wild ducks, such as canvasbacks. | Ne. North Carolina south to s. Florida, west to Texas, also in sw. United States and Mexico. | ![]() (c) Corder, Brandon |
| Nymphaeaceae | Nymphaea odorata ssp. odorata | White Waterlily | Ponds, sluggish waters. | Newfoundland and Labrador (Newfoundland) west to Manitoba, south to Florida and Texas and n. Mexico; also scattered in the w. United States as an introduction. | ![]() (c) Ware, Richard & Teresa - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG |
| Nymphaeaceae | Nymphaea odorata ssp. tuberosa | White Water-lily | Ponds and lakes. | Québec and Manitoba south to Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Arkansas (?), and Oklahoma. | ![]() (c) Hohn, Charlie - CC-BY |







