Nelumbonaceae
American lotus
Nelumbo lutea
- Family
- Nelumbonaceae
- Genus
- Nelumbo
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Common names
By language (27)
- Arabic
- نيلم أصفر, نيلومبو خماسي البتلات
- arz
- نيلم اصفر
- Bulgarian
- Жълт лотос
- Burmese
- ရွှေကြာပန်း
- Chinese
- 美洲黃蓮, 美洲黄莲, 美国黄莲, 黄莲, 美国莲, 美國蓮, 黃蓮, 黃蓮花
- Croatian
- Američki lotos
- Czech
- Lotos žlutý
- English
- American lotus, Volee, Volée, Water-chinquapin, Yellow lotus
- Filipino
- Bayno
- Finnish
- Amerikanlootus
- French
- Lotus jaune d'Amérique, Lotus d'Amérique, Lotus jaune
- German
- Amerikanische Lotosblume, Amerikanischer Lotos
- Hebrew
- נלומבו צהוב
- hsb
- Ameriska lotoska
- Japanese
- キバナハス, 黄花蓮
- lah
- پیلا کنول
- Latvian
- Dzeltenais lotoss
- Lithuanian
- Geltonasis lotosas
- Malayalam
- നെലംബോ ലൂട്ടിയ
- Marathi
- अमेरिकन कमळ
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Amerikansk lotus
- Persian
- نلومبو لوتئا
- Russian
- Лотос жёлтый, Лотос американский
- shn
- မူဝ်ၶမ်း, မူဝ်လိူင်
- Spanish
- Loto americano
- Swedish
- Amerikansk lotus
- Vietnamese
- Sen trắng
Synonyms
- Cyamus flavicomus Salisb.
- Cyamus luteus (Willd.) Nutt.
- Cyamus mysticus Salisb.
- Cyamus nelumbo Sm.
- Cyamus pentapetalus (Walter) Pursh
- Cyamus reniformis Pursh
- Nelumbium codophyllum Raf.
- Nelumbium jamaicense DC.
- Nelumbium luteum Willd.
- Nelumbium pentapetalum (Walter) Willd.
- Nelumbium reniforme Willd.
- Nelumbo nucifera subsp. lutea (Willd.) Borsch & Barthlott
- Nelumbo nucifera var. lutea (Willd.) Kuntze
- Nelumbo pentapetala (Walter) Fernald
- Nymphaea pentapetala Walter
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: liz west from Boxborough, MA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Altairisfar, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.