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§1 Plant
Nymphaea mexicana Zucc.
vernacular yellow waterlily — species · Nymphaeaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Nymphaeaceae Salisb.
- Genus
- Nymphaea
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 43 counties across 10 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- None
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- High
- Fire
- None
- Salinity
- Low
- Anaerobic
- High
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -2 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 205 min.
- pH range
- 5–9
- Root depth
- 12 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Rhizomatous
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Flower colour
- Yellow
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Spring
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Spring
- Seed ends
- Spring
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- No
- Propagation
- bare root
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- High
- Graze palatability
- Medium
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 43 counties across 10 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 1 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 2 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/NYME ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2882420 ↗Record version
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