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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Water-Lilies, Fanworts, and Allies
  6. Water-lilies
  7. Water-lilies
  8. Nymphaea
  9. European White Waterlily

species 14,605 observations

European White Waterlily

Nymphaea alba

Status
introduced
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Supports All

10 native animals
supported in the US
  • 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 Waterlily Aphid, Mallard, Common Raven, Eurasian Jackdaw 6
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Banded Thintail, Hairy-eyed Flower Fly, Woolly-tailed Marsh Fly 3

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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