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Nymphaea elegans Hooker. Subgenus: Brachyceras. Common name: Tropical Blue Waterlily. Phenology: Apr-Aug. Habitat: Ponds, ditches, cypress swamps. Distribution: FL west to TX, south into Mexico; Bahamas.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy : = Bah, Fl2, FNA3, GW2, K4, NcTx, NS, POWO, Tx, WH3, (basionym); = Castalia elegans (Hook.) Greene — S, S13

Links to other floras: = Nymphaea elegans - FNA3

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
  • Great Plains: OBL

Heliophily : 9

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