Nymphaea jamesoniana Planchon. Subgenus: Hydrocallis. Common name: Night-blooming Waterlily, Jameson’s Waterlily. Habitat: Ponds, canals, and sloughs; perhaps only introduced in our area. Distribution: FL peninsula; West Indies; Mexico, Central America, and South America.
Origin/Endemic status: Neotropics
Other Comments: Flowers open in the evening, from about 9 p.m. to midnight.
Synonymy ⓘ: = Fl2, FNA3, GW2, K4, Mex, NS, POWO, WH3; = Nymphaea blanda — NSProv. Basionym: Nymphaea jamesoniana Planch. 1853
Links to other floras: = Nymphaea jamesoniana - FNA3
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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