Native plant · NYMPHAEACEAE
Nymphaea odorata
AMERICAN WHITE WATERLILY
Florida native plant record
This profile summarizes published Florida Seed Bank directory data for Nymphaea odorata. County information reflects documented specimen or occurrence evidence and does not guarantee current presence at a site.
- Scientific name
- Nymphaea odorata
- Family
- NYMPHAEACEAE
- Genus
- Nymphaea
- Order
- NYMPHAEALES
- Classification
- Dicots
- Recorded status
- Native; OBL (NWPL); OBL (DEP)
- Florida range
- Central Florida · Panhandle · North Florida · South Florida
- Vouchered / Found in Florida
- Hillsborough; Okaloosa; Citrus; Madison; Taylor; Pinellas; Escambia; Putnam; Collier; Volusia; Alachua; Baker; Charlotte; Lee; Okeechobee; Osceola; Lake; Pasco; Sumter; Broward; Sarasota; Polk; Brevard; Highlands; Manatee; Hendry; Glades; Marion; Duval; Orange; Hernando; Bay; DeSoto; Calhoun; Hardee; Seminole
Where documented in Florida
Hillsborough; Okaloosa; Citrus; Madison; Taylor; Pinellas; Escambia; Putnam; Collier; Volusia; Alachua; Baker; Charlotte; Lee; Okeechobee; Osceola; Lake; Pasco; Sumter; Broward; Sarasota; Polk; Brevard; Highlands; Manatee; Hendry; Glades; Marion; Duval; Orange; Hernando; Bay; DeSoto; Calhoun; Hardee; Seminole
Historical specimen evidence; current presence and complete county coverage are not confirmed.
Related Florida native plants in Nymphaea
- Nymphaea ampla — DOTLEAF WATERLILY
- Nymphaea elegans — TROPICAL ROYALBLUE WATERLILY
- Nymphaea jamesoniana — JAMESON'S WATERLILY; NIGHTBLOOMING WATERLILY
- Nymphaea mexicana — YELLOW WATERLILY
- Nymphaea x thiona
Data provenance
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