General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Water Preferences: In Water
Fruit: Showy
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Underground structures: Rhizome
Uses: Water gardens
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Pollinators: Self
Flies

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Common names
  • American White Waterlily
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Nymphaea odorata subsp. tuberosa
  • Synonym: Nymphaea odorata var. maxima
  • Synonym: Nymphaea tuberosa

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Date: 2015-06-21
Location: Lake Phalen, Maplewood, MN
Date: 2007-07-07
Photo courtesy of: Sharon Mollerus
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