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Photographer: David G. Smith
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Family Nymphaeaceae
Nuphar advena (Aiton) W.T.Aiton
yellow pond-lily, yellow water-lily
Nuphar: ultimately from the Persian word nufar
advena: foreign
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| Status: | Special Concern |
| Plant: | floating, perennial aquatic; from large, up to 3" thick, spongy rhizome |
| Flower: | yellow, 7 or more-parted, 2" wide, cup-shaped, 6 sepals, opening during the day and closing at night; solitary; blooms June-Aug. |
| Leaf: | most held above the water; 8"-16" long, with a rounded tip, the base arrow-shaped with a triangular notch; stalks round or oval |
| Habitat: | sun, shade; ponds, streams, water less than 7' deep; in sediment soil |
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