Nymphaea mexicana Calflora

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Taxon Report

Nymphaea mexicana Zucc.

Mexican water lily, Yellow waterlily

2013 Debra L. Cook

2003 Joseph Dougherty/ecology.org

2001 CDFA

Nymphaea mexicana is a perennial herb that is not native to California.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~18 records in California Plant Characteristics

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Photos on Calflora


Genus:	Nymphaea
Family:	Nymphaeaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: nymphaeale

Wetlands: Occurs in wetlands

Communities: wetland-riparian

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Castalia flava

Information about Nymphaea mexicana from other sources


Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (NYME) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2	Add an Observation Location Suitability Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2024. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 11/21/2024).