Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Basal Angiosperms (flowering plants): Nymphaeales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Nymphaea odorata ssp. odorata
FAMILY
Nymphaeaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Nymphaea from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Nymphaea odorata ssp. odorata
FAMILY
Nymphaeaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 073-02-001:
Nymphaea odorata
FAMILY
Nymphaeaceae
COMMON NAME:
Fragrant White Water-lily, American Water-lily, Sweet Water-lily
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_caod4_001_lhd
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JK Marlow jkm160416_287
April Lowndes County GA
Leaf basal lobes w rather sharp corner or angle [vs. Nymphoides more cordate], per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm160416_298
April Lowndes County GA
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JK Marlow jkm160416_299
April Lowndes County GA
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JK Marlow jkm0505v_10
May Charleston County SC
Free-floating and anchored from a thick rhizome, per Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry.
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JK Marlow jkm0505v_12b
May Charleston County SC
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_n_odorata_odorata_15
July
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JK Marlow jkm150808_618
August Watauga County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway, Moses Cone Park
Leaves purple beneath, per Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry.
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JK Marlow jkm150808_624
August Watauga County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway, Moses Cone Park
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JK Marlow jkm150808_625
August Watauga County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway, Moses Cone Park
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JK Marlow jkm150808_647
August Watauga County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway, Moses Cone Park
Sepals uniformly green or reddened, obscurely to prominently veined, per Flora of North America.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_n_odorata_od_18c
August
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Keith Bradley kab_n_odorata_70129
September Broward County FL
Long Key Nature Center and Natural Area
Large, 5-12", rounded floating leaves green above and often purplish below, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
COMPARE
aquatic plants
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmn_odourata
Month Unknown
Distinctive for its sweet-scented white showy flowers, per Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Nymphaea odorata ssp. odorata
FAMILY
Nymphaeaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Nymphaea odorata ssp. odorata
FAMILY
Nymphaeaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 073-02-001:
Nymphaea odorata
FAMILY
Nymphaeaceae
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Floating-leaved aquatic (rooted); Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common in Coastal Plain, uncommon in Piedmont, rare in Mountains
Look for it in ponds, sluggish waters, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Aquatic
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White
(rarely pink)
Bisexual
4 sepals
Numerous petals
Numerous stamens
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Berry-like
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p147
- Field Guide to Aquatic Plants of Alabama p59
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South p183
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p152
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p338
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p358
- Southern Appalachian Wildflowers p048
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p174
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p112
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p012
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p060
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p070
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p030
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p049
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p042
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p274