Plants Profile for Nelumbo lutea (American lotus)

General Information
Symbol:	NELU
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Nelumbonaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb
Native Status:	CAN N L48 N
Characteristics
Data Source and Documentation

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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA NRCS. 1995. Northeast wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. Northeast National Technical Center, Chester. Provided by USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute (WSI). Usage Requirements.

©Larry Allain. USGS National Wetlands Research Center (NWRC). Usage Requirements.

©Thomas G. Barnes. Usage Requirements.

©Thomas G. Barnes. Barnes, T.G., and S.W. Francis. 2004. Wildflowers and ferns of Kentucky. University Press of Kentucky. Usage Requirements.

©Robin R. Buckallew. United States, TX, Lewisville. Usage Requirements.

©Jim Stasz. United States, NJ. Usage Requirements.

©Donald R. Kurz. Provided by Smithsonian Institution, Department of Botany. Usage Requirements.

©Jim Stasz. United States, MD. Usage Requirements.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 77. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

USDA NRCS. Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. Provided by NRCS National Wetland Team. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name
NELU3	Nelumbium luteum Willd., orth. var.
NEPE3	Nelumbo pentapetala (Walter) Fernald, nom. utique rej.
NYPE2	Nymphaea pentapetala Walter, nom. utique rej.

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
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

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

Threatened and Endangered Information:
This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.
Michigan American lotus Threatened
New Jersey American lotus Endangered
Pennsylvania American lotus Endangered

Noxious Weed Information
This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.
Connecticut American water lotus Potentially invasive, banned

U.S. Weed Information
Nelumbo lutea 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. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.
STATE	Assorted authors. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

North America
Arid West	OBL
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain	OBL
Eastern Mountains and Piedmont	OBL
Great Plains	OBL
Midwest	OBL
Northcentral & Northeast	OBL
Western Mountains, Valleys, and Coast	OBL