Nymphaeaceae
Dotleaf waterlily
Nymphaea ampla
- Family
- Nymphaeaceae
- Genus
- Nymphaea
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Common names
By language (4)
- Cantonese
- 美洲白睡蓮
- Chinese
- 美洲白睡莲, 大睡莲
- English
- Dotleaf waterlily
- Thai
- บัวขาว
Synonyms
- Castalia ampla Salisb
- Leuconymphaea ampla (Salisb.) Kuntze
- Nymphaea ampla f. approximata Casp.
- Nymphaea ampla f. distans Casp.
- Nymphaea ampla f. superposita Casp.
- Nymphaea ampla var. parviflora Griseb.
- Nymphaea ampla var. plumieri Planch.
- Nymphaea candolleana Lehm.
- Nymphaea sinuata Salzm. ex Planch.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: Reinhard Jahn, Mannheim, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: C T Johansson, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: C T Johansson, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: C T Johansson, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: C T Johansson, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: C T Johansson, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: C T Johansson, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: C T Johansson, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: C T Johansson, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, 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.