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Nelumbo lutea Willd.
American lotus

   
Symbol: NELU
Group: Dicot
Family: Nelumbonaceae
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Forb/herb
Native Status:  
L48    N
CAN    N



Photograph of Nelumbo lutea Willd.
Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA NRCS. 1995. Northeast wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. Northeast National Technical Center, Chester. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute.
 
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Synonyms:
Nelumbo lutea Willd.

  NELU3 Nelumbium luteum Willd., orth. var.
  NEPE3 Nelumbo pentapetala sensu Fernald, non Nymphaea pentaphylla Walter
 

Distribution by State:
Nelumbo lutea Willd.

Distributional Map for Nelumbo lutea Willd.
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Nelumbo lutea Willd. distribution:
USA (AL, AR, CA, CT, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WI), CAN (ON)

County distributions for the following U.S. states are available at PLANTS:
AL, AR, CA, CT, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WI

 

Related Taxa:
Nelumbo lutea Willd.

1 genera in Nelumbonaceae, 2 species in Nelumbo
 

Classification:
Nelumbo lutea Willd.

     
Kingdom   Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom   Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision   Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division   Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class   Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass   Magnoliidae
Order   Nymphaeales
Family   Nelumbonaceae – Lotus-lily family
Genus   Nelumbo Adans. – lotus
Species   Nelumbo lutea Willd. – American lotus
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Nelumbo lutea Willd.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists.

Michigan:
American lotus Threatened
New Jersey:
American lotus Endangered
Pennsylvania:
American lotus Endangered
 

Noxious Weed Information:
Nelumbo lutea Willd.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists.

Connecticut:
American water lotus Potentially invasive, banned
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Nelumbo lutea Willd.

American water lotus

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above.

STATE Assorted authors. 200_. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Nelumbo lutea Willd.

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
OBL OBL OBL OBL NO OBL OBL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO

Integrated Taxonomic Information Sytem (ITIS) :
Nelumbo lutea Willd.

ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 18398.

 

 

 

 
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