Nymphaeaceae

Rudge's waterlily

Nymphaea rudgeana G.Mey.

Family: Nymphaeaceae
Genus: Nymphaea

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Rudge's waterlily (Nymphaea rudgeana) — Photo: Non_Praying_Mantis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (1)

English: Rudge's waterlily

Synonyms

Castalia rudgeana Britton & P.Wilson
Nymphaea ampla var. rudgeana (E.Mey.) DC.
Nymphaea ampla var. rudgeana (G.Mey.) DC.
Nymphaea blanda Planch.

Flowers

In flower: April, June to August, October, December to January (from 21 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Puerto Rico: native

Photos

Photo: Non_Praying_Mantis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Jean Jacques Godon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Pablo Cauã da Silva Toledo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: thomas_oswald, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: stephen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Brenda O'Grady, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, 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.