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Small Yellow Pond Lily

Nuphar microphylla

Also called Small Pond Lily, Yellow Pond Lily, Small Leaved Pond Lily, Yellow Cow Lily

Small Yellow Pond Lily
Photo: Sims, Public domain
Family
Nymphaeaceae (Water-lily family)
Grows as
Aquatic, Perennial
Water
Likes moisture
Native range
C. & E. Canada to NC. & NE. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Nuphar microphylla is a perennial, rhizomatous, aquatic herb found in North America. It is listed as a special concern and believed extirpated in Connecticut.

Other Nuphar plants

Spatter Dock · East Asian Yellow Water Lily · Yellow Water-lily · Red Least Water Lily · Yellow Pond Lily · Broad Leaved Pond Lily · Rocky Mountain Cow Lily · Nuphar pumila subsp. sinensis · Least Water-lily · Red Pond Lily · Cape Fear Spatterdock · Nuphar saijoensis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Nuphar microphylla by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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