Sweet-Scented Water-Lily
Synonyms: Fragrant Water-Lily
Scientific Name: Nymphaea odorata
Sweet-Scented Water-Lily
| Genus species: | Nymphaea odorata | |||||||||||
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| Common Names: | Sweet-Scented Water-Lily, Fragrant Water-Lily | |||||||||||
| Family Name: | Nymphaeaceae 
Aquatic, perennial herbs; leaves floating or emersed, attached to the rhizome by long petioles, simple and ovate to orbicular with a basal notch at the point of petiole attachment; flowers bisexual, regular, solitary on long peduncles from the rhizome; ovaries superior; fruit berrylike, with many seeds. | |||||||||||
| Seed Type | Angiosperm | |||||||||||
| Origin:
Native: native to North America. Non-native: not native to North America. Introduced Native: native to North America, but not Rowe Woods. * Definitions based on the USDA terminology |
Introduced Native | |||||||||||
| Category: | Aquatic | |||||||||||
| Flower Color: | White | |||||||||||
| Identified by: | M. Becus | |||||||||||
| Months in Bloom The highlighted month(s) in this chart indicates the month(s) the plant has been observed blooming. | ||||||||||||
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