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The 2.5–5 cm wide, [6] yellow flowers float on the water surface or extend beyond it. [12] The flowers have 6 yellow sepals [11] which enclose the small petals. [13] The gynoecium consists of 7–28 carpels. [6] The green to yellow, [13] [11] or rarely red stigmatic disk with 7–28 stigmatic rays is 8–20 mm wide. [6]
The South American weevil Listronotus elongatus lays eggs on and eats the floating pennywort, and larvae also eat into the stems, reducing the pennywort's ability to grow. The weevil has been introduced for biocontrol of the floating pennywort into waterways in Britain, following extensive research to establish that the weevil is not a threat ...
Nymphaeaceae (/ ˌ n ɪ m f i ˈ eɪ s i. iː,-ˌ aɪ /) is a family of flowering plants, commonly called water lilies. They live as rhizomatous aquatic herbs in temperate and tropical climates around the world.
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Plants of the genus are known commonly as water lilies, [3] [5] or waterlilies in the United Kingdom. The genus name is from the Greek νυμφαία, nymphaia and the Latin nymphaea , which means "water lily" and were inspired by the nymphs of Greek and Latin mythology .
Nuphar advena (spatterdock or cow lily or yellow pond-lily) is a species of Nuphar native throughout the eastern United States and in some parts of Canada, such as Nova Scotia, [3] [4] as well as Mexico and Cuba.
Nuphar polysepala, also known as the great yellow pond-lily, wokas, [3] or wocus, [4] is a perennial, [5] rhizomatous, aquatic [2] herb [6] in the genus Nuphar native to western North America. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] It is commonly found in shallow muddy ponds from northern Alaska and Yukon southward to central California and northern New Mexico, and can ...