Nymphaeaceae
Yellow pond-lily
Nuphar lutea
- Family
- Nymphaeaceae
- Genus
- Nuphar
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Common names
By language (55)
- Arabic
- نينوفر أصفر, بشنين اصفر, نينوفر اصفر
- Armenian
- Կոկոռ դեղին
- arz
- نينوفر اصفر
- atj
- Ockitepokw
- Azerbaijani
- Sarı nelufər
- ba
- Һары томбойоҡ
- Bangla
- স্বর্ণকুমুদ
- Basque
- Nenufar hori
- Belarusian
- Гарлачык жоўты жоўты, Булдоўка, Гарлачыкі, Глечыкі, Жбанкі, Жоўтая вадзяная лілея, Жоўтая лілея, Звычайны жоўты гарлачык
- Bulgarian
- Жълта водна лилия, Жълта водна роза
- Catalan
- Nenúfar groc, Nénuphar Jaune
- Chinese
- 欧亚萍蓬草, 歐亞萍蓬草
- Croatian
- Žuti lokvanj
- csb
- Kôczornica
- cv
- Сарă шыв хупаххи
- Czech
- Stulík žlutý
- Danish
- Gul Åkande
- dsb
- Žołta pupajca
- Dutch
- Gele plomp
- English
- Yellow pond-lily, Yellow water-lily, Yellow cowlily, Yellow pondlily
- Esperanto
- Flava nufaro
- Estonian
- Kollane vesikupp
- Finnish
- Ulpukka, Isoulpukka
- French
- Nénuphar jaune, Nénufar jaune
- Georgian
- Ყვითელი დუმფარა
- German
- Gelbe Teichrose, Grosse Teichrose, Große Teichrose, Gelbe Teichmummel, Große Mummel, Nénuphar Jaune, Seekandel, Teichmummel
- Hebrew
- נופר צהוב
- hsb
- Žołta gingawa
- Hungarian
- Sárga vízitök
- Italian
- Nannufero
- Japanese
- セイヨウコウホネ, ネムロコウホネ
- Kazakh
- Кәдімгі сарытұңғиық
- Latvian
- Dzeltenā lēpe
- Lithuanian
- Paprastoji lūgnė, Nénuphar Jaune
- Macedonian
- Жолта барска тиква, Жолта водна лилија
- nds
- Gele waoterlelie
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Gul nøkkerose
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Gul nykkerose
- Persian
- نیلوفر آبی زرد, نیلوفر ابی زرد
- Polish
- Grążel żółty
- Romanian
- Nufăr galben
- Russian
- Кубышка жёлтая, Кубышка желтая, Кувшинка желтая
- Serbian
- Žuti lokvanj, Жути локвањ
- Serbian (Latin)
- Žuti lokvanj
- sgs
- Lūgnos
- Slovak
- Leknica žltá
- Slovenian
- Rumeni blatnik
- Spanish
- Ambudillo, Botellera, Cuencas del Guadiana, Embudillo, Lampazo del Guadaira, Maravilla de rio, Maravilla de río, Maravillas de rio
- stq
- Woaterkinkes, Jeele Poapske, Roode Poapske
- Swedish
- Gul näckros, Bäckaros, Bäckeblomma, Nénuphar Jaune
- udm
- Пичи ӵужвумульы, Пичи ӵуж вумульы
- Ukrainian
- Глечики жовті, Жовта латаття, Кубишка жовта, Латаття жовте
- vep
- Häč
- Welsh
- Lili'r dŵr Felen
- Western Frisian
- Giele plomp
Synonyms
- Nenuphar luteum Link
- Nuphar affinis Harz
- Nuphar fluviatile Laest.
- Nuphar grandiflora Laest.
- Nuphar grandifolia Laest.
- Nuphar graveolens Laest.
- Nuphar latifolia Laest.
- Nuphar latifolia subsp. boreale Laest.
- Nuphar lobata Laest.
- Nuphar lutea var. rivularis (Dumort.) De Wild. & T.Durand
- Nuphar lutea var. submersa Rouy & Foucaud
- Nuphar rivularis Dumort.
- Nuphar sericea Láng
- Nuphar spathulifera Rchb.
- Nuphar systyla Wallr.
- Nuphar tenella Rchb.
- Nymphaea affinis (Harz) Hayek
- Nymphaea lutea L.
- Nymphaea lutea f. punctata J.Schust.
- Nymphaea lutea f. purpureosignata J.Schust.
- Nymphaea lutea f. schlierensis J.Schust.
- Nymphaea lutea f. sericea J.Schust.
- Nymphaea lutea f. submersa J.Schust.
- Nymphaea lutea f. tenella (Rchb.) J.Schust.
- Nymphaea lutea f. terrestris J.Schust.
- Nymphaea lutea f. urceolata J.Schust.
- Nymphaea lutea subf. denticulata J.Schust.
- Nymphaea lutea var. affinis (Harz) J.Schust.
- Nymphaea lutea var. harzii J.Schust.
- Nymphaea lutea var. minor Lej.
- Nymphaea lutea var. puberula J.Schust.
- Nymphaea umbilicalis Salisb.
- Nymphona lutea (L.) Bubani
- Nymphozanthus affinis (Harz) Fernald
- Nymphozanthus europaeus Desv.
- Nymphozanthus luteus Fernald
- Nymphozanthus sericeus Fernald
- Nymphozanthus vulgaris Rich.
Flowers
- In flower
- May to August (from 4,362 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Fyodor Pudovikov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Георгий Виноградов (Georgy Vinogradov), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Георгий Виноградов (Georgy Vinogradov), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 15:38, 1 October 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Игорь Васильев, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Christer Johansson, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thomas Gyselinck, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Екатерина Гущина, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Manfred Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.