Freshwater
Yellow cowlily
Nuphar lutea
Nymphaeaceae
Facts
Care
We have no care for this plant yet. If you know how it thrives, you can suggest it.
Range
NativeIntroduced
Lives wild in Albania, Algeria, Austria, Baltic States, Belgium, Bulgaria, China, Czechoslovakia, and 27 more countries.
Introduced to Bangladesh, New Zealand, and Russia.
More about the species
Description
Nuphar lutea, the yellow water-lily, is an aquatic plant of the family Nymphaeaceae, native to northern temperate and some subtropical regions of Europe, northwest Africa, and western Asia. This species was used as a food source and in medicinal practices from prehistoric times with potential research and medical applications going forward.
Other names
Other scientific names
- Nenuphar luteum
- Nuphar affinis
- Nuphar fluviatile
- Nuphar grandiflora
- Nuphar grandifolia
- Nuphar graveolens
In other languages
- Gul nøkkerose
- Gul näckros
- Gul Åkande
- Ulpukka, Isoulpukka
- Yellow pond-lily, Yellow pondlily, Yellow water-lily
Articles
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