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Variegated Yellow Pond-Lily
Nuphar variegata
28 photos
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Easily confused with
yellow water-lilyNuphar lutea
spatterdockNuphar advena
American white waterlilyNymphaea odorata
western yellow pond-lilyNuphar polysepala
WatershieldBrasenia schreberi
pickerelweedPontederia cordata
small yellow pond-lilyNuphar microphylla
Yellow WaterlilyNymphaea mexicana
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 7,601 |
|---|---|
| Canada | 7,111 |
| Ontario | 3,914 |
| New York | 1,360 |
| Quebec | 938 |
| Minnesota | 892 |
| Michigan | 858 |
| Wisconsin | 796 |
| Alaska | 734 |
| Massachusetts | 705 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Group and habits
- Medicinal useListed as having medicinal use by a harvested source. This is not medical advice.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | Dicots · Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Waterlilies, Fanworts, and Allies · Nymphaeales |
| Family | Waterlily Family · Nymphaeaceae |
| Genus | yellow pond-lilies · Nuphar |
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Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- Traits: Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species (CC BY 4.0)
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Variegated Yellow Pond-Lily with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.