Native plant · NYMPHAEACEAE
Nymphaea elegans
TROPICAL ROYALBLUE WATERLILY
Florida native plant record
This profile summarizes published Florida Seed Bank directory data for Nymphaea elegans. County information reflects documented specimen or occurrence evidence and does not guarantee current presence at a site.
- Scientific name
- Nymphaea elegans
- Family
- NYMPHAEACEAE
- Genus
- Nymphaea
- Order
- NYMPHAEALES
- Classification
- Dicots
- Recorded status
- Native; OBL (NWPL); OBL (DEP)
- Florida range
- South Florida · Central Florida
- Vouchered / Found in Florida
- Collier; Hendry; Hernando; Lee; Charlotte; DeSoto; Sarasota; Hillsborough
Where documented in Florida
Collier; Hendry; Hernando; Lee; Charlotte; DeSoto; Sarasota; Hillsborough
Historical specimen evidence; current presence and complete county coverage are not confirmed.
Related Florida native plants in Nymphaea
- Nymphaea ampla — DOTLEAF WATERLILY
- Nymphaea jamesoniana — JAMESON'S WATERLILY; NIGHTBLOOMING WATERLILY
- Nymphaea mexicana — YELLOW WATERLILY
- Nymphaea odorata — AMERICAN WHITE WATERLILY
- Nymphaea x thiona
Data provenance
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