§1 Plant
Nuphar lutea (L.) Sm.
vernacular yellow pond-lily — species · Nymphaeaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Nymphaeaceae Salisb.
- Genus
- Nuphar
§2a
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Native
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
§2b
County-level range
· 993 counties across 38 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 993 counties across 38 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Autauga 01001
- Baldwin 01003
- Bibb 01007
- Blount 01009
- Covington 01039
- Dale 01045
- Elmore 01051
- Escambia 01053
- Fayette 01057
- Geneva 01061
- Hale 01065
- Jackson 01071
- Lamar 01075
- Lawrence 01079
- Lee 01081
- Limestone 01083
- Lowndes 01085
- Macon 01087
- Madison 01089
- Marion 01093
- Mobile 01097
- Montgomery 01101
- Morgan 01103
- Perry 01105
- Pickens 01107
- Shelby 01117
- Tallapoosa 01123
- Tuscaloosa 01125
- Walker 01127
- Washington 01129
Alaska view state ↗ 19 N ▾
- Aleutians West 02016
- Anchorage 02020
- Bethel 02050
- Chugach 02063
- Copper River 02066
- Denali 02068
- Dillingham 02070
- Fairbanks North Star 02090
- Haines 02100
- Juneau 02110
- Kenai Peninsula 02122
- Kodiak Island 02150
- Lake and Peninsula 02164
- Matanuska-Susitna 02170
- Northwest Arctic 02188
- Sitka 02220
- Southeast Fairbanks 02240
- Yakutat 02282
- Yukon-Koyukuk 02290
Arizona view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Baxter 05005
- Bradley 05011
- Calhoun 05013
- Cleburne 05023
- Conway 05029
- Craighead 05031
- Crittenden 05035
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Fulton 05049
- Grant 05053
- Greene 05055
- Lawrence 05075
- Mississippi 05093
- Perry 05105
- Pike 05109
- Pope 05115
- Prairie 05117
- Pulaski 05119
- Randolph 05121
- Scott 05127
- Sevier 05133
- Sharp 05135
- Washington 05143
- Yell 05149
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 54 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Bay 12005
- Brevard 12009
- Broward 12011
- Calhoun 12013
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Columbia 12023
- DeSoto 12027
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Gilchrist 12041
- Glades 12043
- Hamilton 12047
- Hardee 12049
- Hendry 12051
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Indian River 12061
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lafayette 12067
- Lake 12069
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Madison 12079
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Martin 12085
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Okaloosa 12091
- Okeechobee 12093
- Orange 12095
- Osceola 12097
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Sarasota 12115
- Seminole 12117
- Sumter 12119
- Suwannee 12121
- Taylor 12123
- Volusia 12127
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Baker 13007
- Ben Hill 13017
- Berrien 13019
- Brantley 13025
- Bryan 13029
- Charlton 13049
- Chatham 13051
- Clarke 13059
- Columbia 13073
- Decatur 13087
- Early 13099
- Gordon 13129
- Jackson 13157
- Jefferson 13163
- Jenkins 13165
- Lee 13177
- Long 13183
- Lowndes 13185
- Macon 13193
- Madison 13195
- McIntosh 13191
- Miller 13201
- Muscogee 13215
- Ware 13299
Illinois view state ↗ 51 N ▾
- Boone 17007
- Carroll 17015
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Clay 17025
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- DeKalb 17037
- DuPage 17043
- Edgar 17045
- Fayette 17051
- Franklin 17055
- Fulton 17057
- Gallatin 17059
- Grundy 17063
- Hamilton 17065
- Hancock 17067
- Henry 17073
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jasper 17079
- Jefferson 17081
- Johnson 17087
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Lake 17097
- Lawrence 17101
- Lee 17103
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Massac 17127
- McHenry 17111
- Menard 17129
- Monroe 17133
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Pope 17151
- Richland 17159
- Saline 17165
- St. Clair 17163
- Stark 17175
- Union 17181
- Wabash 17185
- Warren 17187
- Washington 17189
- Wayne 17191
- White 17193
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
- Winnebago 17201
Indiana view state ↗ 46 N ▾
- Allen 18003
- Boone 18011
- Cass 18017
- Clark 18019
- Clay 18021
- Crawford 18025
- DeKalb 18033
- Elkhart 18039
- Fountain 18045
- Gibson 18051
- Grant 18053
- Hamilton 18057
- Hancock 18059
- Howard 18067
- Huntington 18069
- Jackson 18071
- Jasper 18073
- Jay 18075
- Jefferson 18077
- Kosciusko 18085
- Lagrange 18087
- Lake 18089
- LaPorte 18091
- Lawrence 18093
- Marion 18097
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Noble 18113
- Parke 18121
- Porter 18127
- Posey 18129
- Putnam 18133
- St. Joseph 18141
- Starke 18149
- Steuben 18151
- Sullivan 18153
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Vermillion 18165
- Vigo 18167
- Wabash 18169
- Warren 18171
- Warrick 18173
- Washington 18175
- Wells 18179
- White 18181
- Whitley 18183
Kansas view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Adair 21001
- Ballard 21007
- Bath 21011
- Boone 21015
- Carter 21043
- Casey 21045
- Clark 21049
- Clay 21051
- Fulton 21075
- Greenup 21089
- Hardin 21093
- Henderson 21101
- Henry 21103
- Hopkins 21107
- Jefferson 21111
- Logan 21141
- Marshall 21157
- McLean 21149
- Montgomery 21173
- Muhlenberg 21177
- Ohio 21183
- Oldham 21185
- Powell 21197
- Rowan 21205
- Scott 21209
- Warren 21227
Louisiana view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Allen 22003
- Ascension 22005
- Beauregard 22011
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Cameron 22023
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- Livingston 22063
- Morehouse 22067
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Sabine 22085
- St. Helena 22091
- St. James 22093
- St. John the Baptist 22095
- St. Martin 22099
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Terrebonne 22109
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Feliciana 22125
Maine view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 72 N ▾
- Alcona 26001
- Alger 26003
- Allegan 26005
- Alpena 26007
- Antrim 26009
- Baraga 26013
- Barry 26015
- Benzie 26019
- Berrien 26021
- Branch 26023
- Calhoun 26025
- Cass 26027
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Clare 26035
- Clinton 26037
- Crawford 26039
- Delta 26041
- Eaton 26045
- Emmet 26047
- Gladwin 26051
- Gogebic 26053
- Grand Traverse 26055
- Gratiot 26057
- Hillsdale 26059
- Houghton 26061
- Huron 26063
- Ingham 26065
- Ionia 26067
- Iosco 26069
- Iron 26071
- Isabella 26073
- Jackson 26075
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kalkaska 26079
- Kent 26081
- Keweenaw 26083
- Lake 26085
- Lapeer 26087
- Leelanau 26089
- Lenawee 26091
- Livingston 26093
- Luce 26095
- Mackinac 26097
- Marquette 26103
- Mason 26105
- Mecosta 26107
- Menominee 26109
- Missaukee 26113
- Monroe 26115
- Montcalm 26117
- Montmorency 26119
- Muskegon 26121
- Newaygo 26123
- Oakland 26125
- Oceana 26127
- Ogemaw 26129
- Ontonagon 26131
- Osceola 26133
- Oscoda 26135
- Otsego 26137
- Ottawa 26139
- Presque Isle 26141
- Roscommon 26143
- Shiawassee 26155
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
- Wexford 26165
Minnesota view state ↗ 55 N ▾
- Aitkin 27001
- Anoka 27003
- Becker 27005
- Beltrami 27007
- Benton 27009
- Blue Earth 27013
- Cass 27021
- Chisago 27025
- Clay 27027
- Clearwater 27029
- Cook 27031
- Crow Wing 27035
- Dakota 27037
- Douglas 27041
- Fillmore 27045
- Freeborn 27047
- Goodhue 27049
- Hennepin 27053
- Houston 27055
- Hubbard 27057
- Isanti 27059
- Itasca 27061
- Kanabec 27065
- Kandiyohi 27067
- Kittson 27069
- Lake 27075
- Lake of the Woods 27077
- Le Sueur 27079
- Mahnomen 27087
- Martin 27091
- McLeod 27085
- Mille Lacs 27095
- Morrison 27097
- Mower 27099
- Nicollet 27103
- Norman 27107
- Olmsted 27109
- Otter Tail 27111
- Pine 27115
- Pipestone 27117
- Polk 27119
- Pope 27121
- Ramsey 27123
- Red Lake 27125
- Rock 27133
- Roseau 27135
- Scott 27139
- St. Louis 27137
- Stearns 27145
- Todd 27153
- Wabasha 27157
- Waseca 27161
- Washington 27163
- Winona 27169
- Wright 27171
Mississippi view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Barton 29011
- Bates 29013
- Benton 29015
- Bollinger 29017
- Butler 29023
- Carter 29035
- Cedar 29039
- Crawford 29055
- Dallas 29059
- Dent 29065
- Douglas 29067
- Dunklin 29069
- Franklin 29071
- Greene 29077
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Laclede 29105
- Lincoln 29113
- Miller 29131
- Mississippi 29133
- Monroe 29137
- Newton 29145
- Oregon 29149
- Ozark 29153
- Phelps 29161
- Pulaski 29169
- Randolph 29175
- Reynolds 29179
- Ripley 29181
- Shannon 29203
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Francois 29187
- St. Louis 29189
- Taney 29213
- Texas 29215
- Vernon 29217
- Washington 29221
- Wayne 29223
Montana view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 5 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 10 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 20 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 54 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Broome 36007
- Cayuga 36011
- Chautauqua 36013
- Chemung 36015
- Chenango 36017
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Cortland 36023
- Delaware 36025
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Franklin 36033
- Fulton 36035
- Genesee 36037
- Greene 36039
- Hamilton 36041
- Herkimer 36043
- Jefferson 36045
- Lewis 36049
- Livingston 36051
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- Niagara 36063
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Orange 36071
- Orleans 36073
- Oswego 36075
- Otsego 36077
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Schenectady 36093
- Schuyler 36097
- Seneca 36099
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Steuben 36101
- Suffolk 36103
- Sullivan 36105
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
- Yates 36123
North Carolina view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Camden 37029
- Catawba 37035
- Chatham 37037
- Chowan 37041
- Columbus 37047
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Duplin 37061
- Gates 37073
- Guilford 37081
- Halifax 37083
- Harnett 37085
- Henderson 37089
- Hertford 37091
- Hoke 37093
- Hyde 37095
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Moore 37125
- New Hanover 37129
- Northampton 37131
- Pasquotank 37139
- Pender 37141
- Perquimans 37143
- Pitt 37147
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Tyrrell 37177
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
North Dakota view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 44 N ▾
- Allen 39003
- Ashland 39005
- Ashtabula 39007
- Auglaize 39011
- Carroll 39019
- Champaign 39021
- Clermont 39025
- Clinton 39027
- Columbiana 39029
- Coshocton 39031
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Erie 39043
- Fairfield 39045
- Gallia 39053
- Geauga 39055
- Greene 39057
- Harrison 39067
- Holmes 39075
- Jackson 39079
- Jefferson 39081
- Knox 39083
- Lake 39085
- Lawrence 39087
- Licking 39089
- Logan 39091
- Lorain 39093
- Lucas 39095
- Mahoning 39099
- Medina 39103
- Montgomery 39113
- Morrow 39117
- Muskingum 39119
- Ottawa 39123
- Perry 39127
- Portage 39133
- Richland 39139
- Scioto 39145
- Stark 39151
- Summit 39153
- Trumbull 39155
- Tuscarawas 39157
- Vinton 39163
- Wayne 39169
- Wyandot 39175
Oklahoma view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 57 N ▾
- Adams 42001
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Cameron 42023
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clearfield 42033
- Clinton 42035
- Crawford 42039
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Erie 42049
- Forest 42053
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Juniata 42067
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- McKean 42083
- Mercer 42085
- Mifflin 42087
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Montour 42093
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Potter 42105
- Schuylkill 42107
- Snyder 42109
- Somerset 42111
- Sullivan 42113
- Susquehanna 42115
- Tioga 42117
- Union 42119
- Warren 42123
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
- Wyoming 42131
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 3 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 20 N ▾
- Aiken 45003
- Bamberg 45009
- Barnwell 45011
- Berkeley 45015
- Calhoun 45017
- Charleston 45019
- Chesterfield 45025
- Clarendon 45027
- Colleton 45029
- Darlington 45031
- Dorchester 45035
- Georgetown 45043
- Lee 45061
- Lexington 45063
- Marlboro 45069
- Orangeburg 45075
- Pickens 45077
- Richland 45079
- Spartanburg 45083
- Sumter 45085
South Dakota view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Blount 47009
- Carroll 47017
- Chester 47023
- Cocke 47029
- Coffee 47031
- Cumberland 47035
- Dyer 47045
- Fayette 47047
- Gibson 47053
- Grainger 47057
- Hardeman 47069
- Henry 47079
- Jackson 47087
- Jefferson 47089
- Lake 47095
- Lauderdale 47097
- Madison 47113
- Marshall 47117
- Montgomery 47125
- Obion 47131
- Perry 47135
- Scott 47151
- Sevier 47155
- Stewart 47161
- Weakley 47183
- White 47185
Vermont view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 60 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amelia 51007
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Botetourt 51023
- Buckingham 51029
- Caroline 51033
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Craig 51045
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Fluvanna 51065
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Goochland 51075
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Highland 51091
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- New Kent 51127
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Richmond 51159
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockingham 51165
- Shenandoah 51171
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Warren 51187
- Westmoreland 51193
- Wythe 51197
West Virginia view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 64 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Ashland 55003
- Barron 55005
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Buffalo 55011
- Burnett 55013
- Chippewa 55017
- Clark 55019
- Columbia 55021
- Crawford 55023
- Dane 55025
- Dodge 55027
- Door 55029
- Douglas 55031
- Dunn 55033
- Eau Claire 55035
- Florence 55037
- Fond du Lac 55039
- Forest 55041
- Grant 55043
- Green 55045
- Green Lake 55047
- Iowa 55049
- Iron 55051
- Jackson 55053
- Jefferson 55055
- Kenosha 55059
- La Crosse 55063
- Lafayette 55065
- Langlade 55067
- Lincoln 55069
- Manitowoc 55071
- Marinette 55075
- Marquette 55077
- Menominee 55078
- Milwaukee 55079
- Oconto 55083
- Oneida 55085
- Outagamie 55087
- Ozaukee 55089
- Pepin 55091
- Polk 55095
- Portage 55097
- Racine 55101
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Rusk 55107
- Sawyer 55113
- Shawano 55115
- Sheboygan 55117
- St. Croix 55109
- Taylor 55119
- Trempealeau 55121
- Vernon 55123
- Vilas 55125
- Walworth 55127
- Washburn 55129
- Washington 55131
- Waukesha 55133
- Waupaca 55135
- Waushara 55137
- Winnebago 55139
- Wood 55141
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
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Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/7551339 ↗Record version
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