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§1 Plant

Nymphaea odorata Aiton

vernacular American white waterlily — species · Nymphaeaceae

USDA
NYOD
GBIF
2882412
Rank
species
PlateNo public-domain or CC photograph located.

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Nymphaeaceae Salisb.
Genus
Nymphaea
§2a

Native status, by region

  • AK Alaska Introduced
  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
  • PR Puerto Rico Native
§2b

County-level range

· 4 counties across 1 state
Legend Native · 4 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation

No cultivation specs.

USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 4 counties across 1 state.

Rhode Island view state ↗ 4 N ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/NYOD ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/2882412 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-25

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