American White Water Lily - Nymphaea odorata
Above: American White Water Lily in Lake Wingra in Madison, Wisconsin. (9/02/21).
American White Water Lily - Nymphaea odorata
American White Water Lily is a native plant that grows in water that is less than 7' deep and in sediment soil.
One solitary white flower per plant. Flowers have 20 to 30 white petals and many yellow stamens. They are 3" - 7 1/2" wide and have a whorl of 4 green to purplish sepals at the base. Flowers float on the water surface. Blooms July-Sept
American White Water Lily blooms from July - Sept.
Other Names: Fragrant water-lily.
For more information on the American White Water Lily, visit Wikipedia.
Or, visit the UW-Madison Wisconsin State Herbarium website page about American White Water Lily - Nymphaea odorata.
American White Water Lily
Nymphaea odorata
Above: American White Water Lily in Lake Wingra along Arboretum Drive in Madison, Wisconsin. (6/8/23).
Above: American White Water Lily in Lake Wingra in Madison, Wisconsin. (9/2/21).
Above: American White Water Lily in Lake Wingra by Wingra Boats in Madison, Wisconsin. (6/19/22).
Above: American White Water Lily specimen collected from Hope Lake in Jefferson County. (7/2007).
Above: 1814 American White Water Lily botanical illustration.
Above: 1818 American White Water Lily botanical illustration.
Above: 1913 American White Water Lily botanical drawing.
Above: 1920 American White Water Lily illustration by Mary Vaux Walcott. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist.
