PLANTS Profile for Nymphaea tetragona (pygmy waterlily)

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Nymphaea tetragona Georgi
pygmy waterlily

Symbol:

NYTE

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Nymphaeaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N

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Nymphaea tetragona Georgi

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Synonyms:
Nymphaea tetragona Georgi

CATE17

Castalia tetragona (Georgi) G. Lawson

Distribution:
Nymphaea tetragona Georgi


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USA (AK, ID, MT, RI, WA), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NT, SK, YT)

Related Taxa:
Nymphaea tetragona Georgi

View 4 genera in Nymphaeaceae, 18 species in Nymphaea

Classification:
Nymphaea tetragona Georgi

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Magnoliidae
Order	Nymphaeales
Family	Nymphaeaceae – Water-lily family
Genus	Nymphaea L. – waterlily
Species	Nymphaea tetragona Georgi – pygmy waterlily

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Nymphaea tetragona Georgi

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Washington:
pygmy water-lily		Possibly Extirpated

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Nymphaea tetragona Georgi

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

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Reg. H

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Nymphaea tetragona Georgi

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 18386.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

Time Generated: 06/19/2013 02:24 PM CDT