Scientific Name: Nuphar polysepala
Common Name: yellow pond lily
Family Name: Nymphaeaceae
Origin: B.C. west of Cascades, U.S. - northeast, U.S. - northwest
Hardiness Zone: Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C)
Plant Type: Aquatic plant
Mature Size: 1.3 - 2.0m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width)
Habit: Spreading
Form: Creeping / Mat-like
Texture: Very coarse
Landscape Uses: Aquatic - ponds, Wetland - bogs, Wildlife food
Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade
Soil or Media: Bog
Leaves: Simple, Basal, Leathery, Glabrous, Lustrous, Ovate, Entire, Undulate (wavy)
Flowers: Flowers solitary, Yellow, Jun
Fruit: Capsule, Green-yellow
Key ID Features:
Aquatic floating plant; leaves hear-shaped, about 30cm long x20cm wide; flowers yellow, cup-shaped.