Nuphar variegata (Yellow Pond Lily) - photos and description
General: Stout-stemmed aquatic plant with floating leaves.
Flowers: Golden yellow flowers solitary on long stalks, flowers measured at 4 cm diameter.
Leaves: Leaves cordate with a narrow sinus. The leaf highlighted in photo above was 16.5 cm long and 13 cm wide.
Height: Height of flowering stem was measured to 14.5 cm out of the water.
Habitat: Small lakes, sluggish backwaters and streams in the boreal forest.
Abundance: Fairly common.
Origin: Native.
Synonym: Listed in some field guides we use as Nuphar variegatum, Nuphar lutea, and Nuphar lutea ssp. variegata.
When and where photographed: Photos taken on July 3rd, boreal forest, 450 km north east of our home in Regina, Saskatchewan.