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
Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
- Great Plains: OBL
Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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