Nuphar

• Authority

  Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

• Family

  Nymphaeaceae

• Scientific Name

  Nuphar

• Description

  Genus Description - Sep mostly 6, sometimes only 5, concave, imbricate, petaloid, forming a subglobose or deeply saucer-shaped yellow fl; pet many, much smaller than the sep, usually shorter than the numerous, hypogynous stamens; stigmatic disk with 6–24 radiating lines; lf-blades basally cordate to hastate; petioles and peduncles with numerous minute air- cavities; 2n=34. (Nymphaea of auth., misapplied) 15, N. Temp. and cold.

• Common Names

  yellow water-lily, spatterdock