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Nelumbo lutea Willd.
American lotus

       
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Photo of Nelumbo lutea Willd.
Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA NRCS. 1995. Northeast wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. Northeast National Technical Center, Chester. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.
 
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Nelumbo lutea Willd.

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Synonyms:
Nelumbo lutea Willd.

  NELU3 Nelumbium luteum Willd., orth. var.
  NEPE3 Nelumbo pentapetala sensu Fernald, non Nymphaea pentaphylla Walter
 

Distribution:
Nelumbo lutea Willd.

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Distribution Map Legend

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USA (AL, AR, CA, CT, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WI), CAN (ON)
 

Related Taxa:
Nelumbo lutea Willd.

View 1 genera in Nelumbonaceae, 2 species in Nelumbo
 

Classification:
Nelumbo lutea Willd.

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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
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Nelumbo lutea Willd.

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:
Nelumbo lutea Willd.

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 Willd.

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. 200_. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Nelumbo lutea Willd.

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
OBL OBL OBL OBL NO OBL OBL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Nelumbo lutea Willd.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 18398.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

 
 
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