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  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Water-Lilies, Fanworts, and Allies
  6. Water-lilies
  7. Water-lilies
  8. Chamaenymphaea
  9. Dwarf Water-lily

species 104 observations

Dwarf Water-lily

Nymphaea leibergii

Status
native
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

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7 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Waterlily Leafcutter Moth, Waterlily Borer Moth, Polymorphic Pondweed Moth 3
  • Hosted animals Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it Waterlily Leaf Beetle 1
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Muskrat, Waterlily Aphid 2
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Common Eastern Bumble Bee 1

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Herbaceous plants
Plant type
Perennial Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

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