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Least Water-lily

Nuphar pumila

Also called Least Yellow Water Lily, Least Yellow Pond Lily, Small Yellow Pond Lily, Yellow Cow Lily

Least Water-lily
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Nymphaeaceae (Water-lily family)
Grows as
Aquatic, Perennial
Native range
Subarctic & Temp. Eurasia
Climate
temperate

About

Nuphar pumila, the least water-lily, is a perennial, rhizomatous, aquatic herb in the family Nymphaeaceae native to subarctic and temperate Eurasia.

Where it grows

Nuphar pumila is native to China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Russia, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Austria, Germany, France, Spain, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, and Poland.

Other Nuphar plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Nuphar pumila 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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