General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: In Water
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 10b
Plant Height: 1 to 3 feet
Plant Spread: 1 to 3 feet
Fruit: Dehiscent
Other: 1.5 inch ovoid capsule
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Yellow
Bloom Size: 2"-3"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Underground structures: Rhizome
Uses: Water gardens
Will Naturalize
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Pollinators: Beetles
Flies
Bees
Miscellaneous: Goes Dormant

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Common names
  • Yellow Pond-Lily
  • Erect Spatterdock
  • Common Spatterdock

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Location: Aberdeen, NC Pages Lake park
Date: June 18, 2023
Yellow Pond-Lily # 500;RAB p. 449, 73-1-1c; MBG, "Genus name come

Date: June
credit: Claire Houck
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