Nymphaeaceae
Least water-lily
Nuphar pumila
- Family
- Nymphaeaceae
- Genus
- Nuphar
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Common names
By language (24)
- arz
- نوفار بوميلا
- Belarusian
- Гарлачык жоўты малы
- Chinese
- 臺灣萍蓬草, 萍蓬草, 水蓮花, 萍蓬, 萍蓬草子, 萍蓬草根, 萍蓬莲, 黄金莲
- Czech
- Stulík malý
- dsb
- Mała pupajca
- English
- Least water-lily, Yellow cow-lily
- Estonian
- Väike vesikupp
- Finnish
- Konnanulpukka
- French
- Nénuphar nain, Nénufar nain
- German
- Kleine Teichrose, Zwerg-Teichrose, Kleine Nixblume
- hsb
- Mała gingawa
- Hungarian
- Törpe vízitök
- Icelandic
- Dvergvatnalilja
- Japanese
- ネムロコウホネ, エゾコウホネ
- Lithuanian
- Mažažiedė lūgnė
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Soleinøkkerose
- Persian
- نیلوفر آبی زرد کوچک
- Polish
- Grążel drobny
- Russian
- Кубышка малая
- Slovak
- Leknica malá
- Spanish
- Nenúfar amarillo enano, Nenúfar amarillo pequeño, Nenúfar enano, Nenúfar pequeño
- Swedish
- Dvärgnäckros
- Ukrainian
- Глечики малі
- Welsh
- Lili'r-dŵr Fach
Synonyms
- Nenuphar pumila Bluff & Fingh.
- Nuphar lutea subsp. pumila (Timm) E.O.Beal
- Nuphar lutea subsp. pumila (Timm) Bonnier & Layens
- Nuphar lutea var. pumila (Timm) A.Gray
- Nymphaea lutea subsp. pumila (Timm) Bonnier & Layens
- Nymphaea lutea var. pumila Timm
- Nymphaea pumila Hoffm.
- Nymphozanthus pumilus Fernald
- Nyphar pumilum (Timm) Walp.
Flowers
- In flower
- January, May, July to August (from 29 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Марина Садыкова, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: 曾昱承 Yu-Cheng Zeng, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: 曾昱承 Yu-Cheng Zeng, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrzej Konstantynowicz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Марина Садыкова, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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). About our plant data.