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