WorldFloraDB - Nelumbo lutea

Characteristics

Leaves: petiole to 2 m or more. Leaf blade to 6 dm or more. Flowers: tepals pale yellow, 1-13 cm, outermost 1-5 normally persistent; anthers 1-2 cm. Fruits somewhat globose, 10-16 × 8-13 mm, mostly less than 1.25 times longer than wide; receptacle to 1 dm diam. at maturity, abruptly narrowed ca. 1-2 cm below flattened top, base tapered, lateral surface usually distinctly striate. 2 n = 16.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

herb

Growth support

aquatic

Foliage retention

-

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

-

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

1.0

Mature height (meter)

1.8

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

-

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

c3

Environment

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	eating food medicinal ornamental
Edible	leaves roots seeds stems tubers
Therapeutic use	-
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Mode	-
Germination duration (days)	-
Germination temperacture (C°)	-
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-

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Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:605419-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000382419
COL ID	465R3
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	-
Wikipedia (EN)	Link
Wikipedia (FR)	Link

Synonyms

Nelumbo pentapetala Nelumbium jamaicense Nelumbo lutea Nelumbium reniforme Nelumbium pentapetalum Nelumbium codophyllum Nelumbium luteum Cyamus flavicomus Cyamus luteus Cyamus mysticus Cyamus nelumbo Cyamus pentapetalus Cyamus reniformis Nymphaea pentapetala Nelumbo nucifera subsp. lutea Nelumbo nucifera var. lutea

WorldFloraDB 2024

Nelumbo lutea Pers.

American lotus (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Proteales > Nelumbonaceae > Nelumbo