American Lotus
| Scientific Name: | Nelumbo lutea |
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NOTES: Aquatic plant, individual flowers lasting 1-3 days.
| Scientific Name: | Nelumbo lutea |
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| Genus species: | Nelumbo lutea | ||||||||||
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| Common Name: | American Lotus | ||||||||||
| Family Name: | Nelumbonaceae 
Aquatic, perennial herbs; leaves floating, attached to the rhizome by long petioles, orbicular and peltate, entire with radiate venation; flowers bisexual, regular, solitary, on long peduncles; ovaries superior; fruits nutlike, embedded in leathery, inverted-conical receptacle. | ||||||||||
| Seed Type: | Angiosperm | ||||||||||
| Origin:
Native: native to North America. Non-native: not native to North America. Introduced Native: native to North America, but not Rowe Woods. * Definitions based on the USDA terminology |
Introduced Native | ||||||||||
| Category: | Aquatic | ||||||||||
| Flower Color: | White Yellow | ||||||||||
| Identified by: | A. Swanson | ||||||||||
| Months in Bloom: The highlighted month(s) in this chart indicate when the plant has been observed blooming. | |||||||||||
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