Nymphaea tetragona
Northern Small White Water Lily, Pygmy Water Lily
Other regional names: Pygmy Waterlily +1 more
- Pygmy Waterlily
- Small White Water Lily
Also known as: Castalia crassifolia Hand.-Mazz. +16 more
- Castalia crassifolia Hand.-Mazz.
- Castalia pygmaea Salisb.
- Castalia tetragona (Georgi) G.Lawson
- Leuconymphaea tetragona (Georgi) Kuntze
- Nymphaea alba subsp. tetragona (Georgi) Korsh.
- Nymphaea crassifolia (Hand.-Mazz.) Nakai
- Nymphaea esquirolii H.Lév. & Vaniot
- Nymphaea fennica Mela
- Nymphaea japono-koreana Nakai
- Nymphaea pygmaea (Salisb.) Aiton
- Nymphaea pygmaea f. acutiloba Regel
- Nymphaea pygmaea f. distans Regel
- Nymphaea pygmaea f. grandiflora Regel
- Nymphaea pygmaea var. acutiloba (Regel) Regel
- Nymphaea pygmaea var. grandiflora (Regel) Regel
- Nymphaea pygmaea var. minima Nakai
- Nymphaea tetragona var. crassifolia (Hand.-Mazz.) Y.C.Chu
Botanical Data
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Botanical Family: Nymphaeaceae
- WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a rhizomatous hydrogeophyte.
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Nymphaea tetragona (commonly known as Northern Small White Water-Lily or Pygmy water-lily) is a rhizomatous plant within the Nymphaeaceae family. It naturally occurs in Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Europe, and North America. Within its native range, this species is most commonly linked to temperate conditions.
Macro Climate
Temperate
Plant Type
Bulb
Plant Type
Aquatic Plant
Native Range
Continents (WGSRPD)
ASIA-TEMPERATE, ASIA-TROPICAL, EUROPE, NORTHERN AMERICA
Regions (WGSRPD)
China, Eastern Asia, Eastern Europe, Indian Subcontinent, Indo-China, Middle Asia, Mongolia, Northern Europe, Northwestern U.S.A., Russian Far East, Siberia, Subarctic America, Western Canada
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Alaska, Alberta, Altay, Amur, Assam, Baltic States, Bangladesh, British Columbia, Buryatiya, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, East European Russia, Finland, Hainan, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Japan, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Magadan, Manchuria, Manitoba, Mongolia, Myanmar, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Northwest Territories, Primorye, Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, Taiwan, Tibet, Tuva, Vietnam, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yukon