Nymphaeaceae
Yellow waterlily
Nymphaea mexicana
- Family
- Nymphaeaceae
- Genus
- Nymphaea
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Common names
By language (10)
- Afrikaans
- Geelwaterlelie
- Azerbaijani
- Meksika suzanbağı
- Cantonese
- 墨西哥黃金蓮
- Chinese
- 墨西哥黃金蓮, 黄睡莲
- English
- Yellow waterlily
- German
- Mexikanische Seerose
- lah
- میکسیکی اپسرا
- Persian
- نیلوفر آبی موزی
- Russian
- Кувшинка мексиканская, Нимфея мексиканская
- Vietnamese
- Súng vàng
Synonyms
- Castalia flava (Leitn. ex Audubon) Greene
- Castalia mexicana (Zucc.) J.M.Coult.
- Leuconymphaea flava (Greene) Kuntze
- Leuconymphaea mexicana (Zucc.) Kuntze
- Nymphaea flava Leitner ex Audubon
- Nymphaea lutea Treat
- Nymphaea planchonii Casp. ex Conard
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Cristian Bortes from Cluj-Napoca, Romania, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mirko Hartig, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Beelzebub85, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nikodem Nijaki, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nikodem Nijaki, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Juan Emilio from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, España, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Donald Hobern from Copenhagen, Denmark, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Fan Wen, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Fan Wen, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Fan Wen, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ralph Daily from Birmingham, United States, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, 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.