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[5]: 24 The species is less tolerant of water pollution than water-lilies in the genus Nymphaea. [19] This aquatic plant grows in shallow water and wetlands, with its roots in the sediment and its leaves floating on the water surface; it can grow in water up to 5 metres deep. [19]
During the winter, stolons and stems either on or buried beneath the substrate can remain dormant until spring, and some small submerged leaves measuring 1–2 cm sometimes grow on these stems. [10] After winter, the species requires light and oxygen to produce new growth and floating leaves begin to appear in spring.
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Water lilies are aquatic, rhizomatous or tuberous, perennial or annual herbs [6] with sometimes desiccation-tolerant, [7] branched or unbranched rhizomes, [8] [3] which can be stoloniferous, or lacking stolons. [3] The tuberous or fibrous roots are contractile. [9] The leaves are mostly floating, [3] [8] [10] but submerged and emergent leaves ...
Nymphaeaceae (/ ˌ n ɪ m f i ˈ eɪ s i. iː,-ˌ aɪ /) is a family of flowering plants, commonly called water lilies. They live as rhizomatous aquatic herbs in temperate and tropical climates around the world.
Nuphar polysepala, also known as the great yellow pond-lily, wokas, [3] or wocus, [2] is a species of Nuphar native to western North America. [4] [5] It is commonly found in shallow muddy ponds from northern Alaska and Yukon southward to central California and northern New Mexico, and can be recognized easily by its large floating leaves and bright yellow blossoms.
Victoria amazonica has very large leaves (and commonly called "pads" or "lily pads"), up to 3 m (10 ft) in diameter, that float on the water's surface on a submerged stalk , 7–8 m (23–26 ft) in length, rivaling the length of the green anaconda, a snake local to its habitat. These leaves are enormously buoyant if the weight is distributed ...
Every year, the National Garden Bureau shines a spotlight on a select group of plants, and for 2024, the lily has been chosen as one of those deserving special recognition.