Yellow Water Lily is a native aquatic plant of the southern United States and Mexico, producing bright, canary-yellow flowers that stay open longer than most water lilies. It has floating, oval to nearly circular leaves with mottled markings on the upper surface. Found in still to slow-moving water in ponds, lakes, and ditches from Florida to Texas and into Mexico, it spreads by rhizomes and can form large colonies. It is a beautiful native alternative to exotic water garden plants in warm climates.
Habitat
Found in ponds, lakes, and slow-moving waters in the southern United States and Mexico.
Diet
Provides lily pad surfaces for frogs; flowers visited by beetles and bees; seeds eaten by waterfowl.
How common
Uncommon
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