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Nymphaea × thiona
Also called Waterlily
Sulphur Water Lily (Nymphaea × thiona) is a natural hybrid waterlily of Nymphaea mexicana and Nymphaea odorata, native to the southeastern United States. It grows as an aquatic plant rooted in mud at the bottom of still or slow water.
Nymphaea × thiona is a species of waterlily native to the US-American states Alabama, Florida, and Georgia. Additionally, it has been introduced to Costa Rica, as well as the US-American states Kentucky, and Nevada. It is a natural hybrid of Nymphaea mexicana and Nymphaea odorata.
It is also known from artificial, horticultural hybridisation.
It exists in areas of sympatric occurrence of the two parent species. It is native to the USA (Alabama, Florida, and Georgia). It has been introduced to other American states (Kentucky, and Nevada), Costa Rica, New Zealand, Italy, and Sweden.
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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.
