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Nuphar pumila, the least water-lily [4] or small yellow pond-lily, is an aquatic perennial plant in the Nymphaeaceae family. It is also known as the dwarf water lily since it looks like a smaller Nuphar lutea. while Nuphar pumila has a star-shaped, or lobed form of the stigma disc and glabrous leaf undersides, Nuphar lutea has a round stigma disc and the undersides of its leaves are ...
Nymphaea tetragona is an aquatic perennial, [3] species of flowering plant commonly called pygmy waterlily [4] and small white water lily, [5] belonging to the family Nymphaeaceae. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Description
N. peltata are commonly sold for use in ornamental water gardens. [3] [10] The species is intentionally or accidentally transferred to lakes and rivers outside of its native range. [2] In the United States, the first recorded occurrence of the plant was in 1882 in Massachusetts, [3] and the plant has been sold domestically since the 1930s. [16]
Nuphar is a genus of aquatic plants in the family Nymphaeaceae, with a temperate to subarctic Northern Hemisphere distribution. Common names include water-lily (Eurasian species; shared with many other genera in the same family), pond-lily, alligator-bonnet or bonnet lily, and spatterdock (North American species).
The Nymphaeales are an order of flowering plants, consisting of three families of aquatic plants, the Hydatellaceae, the Cabombaceae, and the Nymphaeaceae (water lilies). It is one of the three orders of basal angiosperms, an early-diverging grade of flowering plants. At least 10 morphological characters unite the Nymphaeales. [3]
Nymphaea odorata, also known as the American white waterlily, [3] fragrant water-lily, [4] beaver root, fragrant white water lily, white water lily, sweet-scented white water lily, and sweet-scented water lily, [5] is an aquatic plant belonging to the genus Nymphaea.
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The floating or emersed, [5] yellow, 6–13 cm wide flowers have peduncles with 4 primary air canals. [10] The flowers have four sepals [6] and 12-30 yellow petals. [5] The androeceum consists of 50 stamens. [8] The gynoecium consists of 7-10 carpels. [5] The spheroid or ovoid fruit bears 3–5 mm long, and 3–5 mm wide seeds [11] with ...