Index / Search / Nymphaea odorata ssp. odorata
§1 Plant
Nymphaea odorata Aiton ssp. odorata
vernacular American white waterlily — subspecies · Nymphaeaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Nymphaeaceae Salisb.
- Genus
- Nymphaea
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Introduced
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- PR Puerto Rico Native
County-level range
· 285 counties across 20 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 285 counties across 20 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Autauga 01001
- Baldwin 01003
- Barbour 01005
- Bibb 01007
- Calhoun 01015
- Coffee 01031
- Conecuh 01035
- Covington 01039
- Crenshaw 01041
- Elmore 01051
- Escambia 01053
- Etowah 01055
- Geneva 01061
- Greene 01063
- Hale 01065
- Henry 01067
- Houston 01069
- Jackson 01071
- Lee 01081
- Limestone 01083
- Macon 01087
- Madison 01089
- Mobile 01097
- Monroe 01099
- Montgomery 01101
- Perry 01105
- Pike 01109
- Russell 01113
- Tuscaloosa 01125
- Washington 01129
Arizona view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 56 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Bay 12005
- Bradford 12007
- Brevard 12009
- Broward 12011
- Charlotte 12015
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Collier 12021
- Columbia 12023
- DeSoto 12027
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Flagler 12035
- Franklin 12037
- Gilchrist 12041
- Glades 12043
- Gulf 12045
- Hamilton 12047
- Hendry 12051
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Holmes 12059
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lafayette 12067
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Madison 12079
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Martin 12085
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Okeechobee 12093
- Orange 12095
- Osceola 12097
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Sarasota 12115
- Sumter 12119
- Taylor 12123
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Baker 13007
- Berrien 13019
- Bibb 13021
- Bulloch 13031
- Burke 13033
- Chatham 13051
- Clarke 13059
- Columbia 13073
- Decatur 13087
- DeKalb 13089
- Dooly 13093
- Dougherty 13095
- Early 13099
- Effingham 13103
- Grady 13131
- Harris 13145
- Henry 13151
- Houston 13153
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Jefferson 13163
- Jenkins 13165
- Lee 13177
- Liberty 13179
- Long 13183
- Lowndes 13185
- Macon 13193
- Madison 13195
- McIntosh 13191
- Muscogee 13215
- Screven 13251
- Ware 13299
- Wayne 13305
Indiana view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Allen 22003
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Cameron 22023
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Grant 22043
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson 22051
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- Lafourche 22057
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Charles 22089
- St. John the Baptist 22095
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Tensas 22107
- Terrebonne 22109
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Mississippi view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 1 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Avery 37011
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Buncombe 37021
- Chatham 37037
- Chowan 37041
- Cumberland 37051
- Currituck 37053
- Dare 37055
- Duplin 37061
- Forsyth 37067
- Guilford 37081
- Harnett 37085
- Henderson 37089
- Hoke 37093
- Hyde 37095
- Johnston 37101
- Macon 37113
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Moore 37125
- New Hanover 37129
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Pender 37141
- Perquimans 37143
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Stanly 37167
- Transylvania 37175
- Tyrrell 37177
- Union 37179
- Vance 37181
- Wake 37183
- Watauga 37189
- Wayne 37191
- Wilkes 37193
- Wilson 37195
Ohio view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 4 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Caroline 51033
- Charles City 51036
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Fairfax 51059
- Henrico 51087
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- Lancaster 51103
- Mathews 51115
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince George 51149
- Rockingham 51165
- Shenandoah 51171
- Southampton 51175
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
West Virginia view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 6 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/NYODO ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/6434966 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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