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Nymphaea mexicana
Also called Banana Water Lily, Yellow Water Lily, Mexican Water Lily, Banana Waterlily
Nymphaea mexicana is a rhizomatous aquatic water lily with floating leaves and yellow flowers, native to the southern United States and Mexico. Grow it in still or slow water with plenty of sun and a rich, muddy root base.
Nymphaea mexicana is a species of aquatic plant that is native to the Southern United States and Mexico as far south as Michoacán. Common names include yellow water lily, Mexican water lily and banana water lily.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Nymphaea mexicana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
