Small Pond-Lily

Nuphar microphylla

Fernald Species

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Botanical name
Nuphar microphylla
Also known as
Small Pond-Lily, Small Yellow Pond-Lily, Yellow Cow-Lily, Yellow Pond-Lily
Family
Nymphaeaceae
Genus
Nuphar
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Small Pond-Lily

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Nuphar microphylla but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Nenuphar minimum Nuphar kalmiana Nuphar lutea var. kalmiana Nuphar microphylla f. multisepala Nuphar minima Nymphaea kalmiana Nymphaea lutea var. kalmiana Nymphaea lutea var. minima Nymphaea microphylla Nymphaea minima Nymphozanthus microphyllus

Others in Nuphar

Nuphar × saijoensis
Nuphar japonica
Nuphar ozarkana
Nuphar × rubrodisca
Nuphar orbiculata
Nuphar polysepala
Yellow Pond-Lily
Nuphar subintegerrima
Nuphar variegata
Bullhead Lily

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