Common Name
American water lily
Plant Form
Herbs
Duration
Perennial
Additional Info
Habitat: Old millponds, beaver ponds, sluggish streams, floodplain pools, natural depression ponds, interdune ponds, sea-level fens, freshwater and oligohaline wind-tidal marshes and aquatic beds. Frequent to locally common in the s. and c. Coastal Plain; rare elsewhere.
High Value Generalist
Earth Sangha lists this plant as a "High Value Generalist" because it is easy to grow, occurs across a wide range of habitats and is known to be of high value to wildlife
Flower Color
Cream/White
Pink
Flower Prominence
Conspicuous
Commercially available
Yes
Nurseries that may carry live plant
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