Nelumbo lutea Willdenow. Yonkapin, American Lotus-lily, Yellow Lotus, Yockernut, Water-chinquapin, Pond-nuts. Phen: Jun-Sep. Hab: Ponds, natural lakes, sluggish streams, freshwater tidal marshes. Dist: NY and s. ON west to MN and IA, south to s. FL and e. TX, and south into the West Indies and to s. Mexico.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy: = Ar, C, F, FNA3, G, GrPl, GW2, Il, K1, K3, K4, Mex, Mi, NcTx, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, S, Tn, Tx, Va, W, WH3, WV; = Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn. ssp. lutea (Willd.) Borsch & Barthlott; = Nelumbo pentapetala (Walter) Fernald

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