Plants Profile for Nymphaea odorata tuberosa (American white waterlily)

General Information
Symbol:	NYODT
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Nymphaeaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb
Native Status:	CAN N L48 N
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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Jose Hernandez. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United States, WI, Delavan Lake. 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: 80. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name
CATU7	Castalia tuberosa (Paine) Greene
NYODM	Nymphaea odorata Aiton var. maxima (Conrad) B. Boivin
NYTU	Nymphaea tuberosa Paine

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	Nymphaeaceae – Water-lily family
Genus	Nymphaea L. – waterlily
Species	Nymphaea odorata Aiton – American white waterlily
Subspecies	Nymphaea odorata Aiton ssp. tuberosa (Paine) Wiersma & Hellquist – American white waterlily

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.
Connecticut water lily Special Concern

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.
Washington Nymphaea odorata fragrant water lily Class C noxious weed

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status