Nuphar advena

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Classis: Unassigned
Ordo: Nymphaeales

Familia: Nymphaeaceae
Genus: Nuphar
Sectio: N. sect. Astyla
Species: Nuphar advena
Subspecies: N. a. subsp. advena – N. a. subsp. orbiculata – N. a. subsp. ozarkana – N. a. subsp. ulvacea
Name

Nuphar advena (Aiton) W.T.Aiton, 1811.
Synonyms

Basionym
Nymphaea advena Aiton, Hort. Kew. 2: 226. 1789.

Homotypic
Nenuphar advena (Aiton) Link, Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 2: 70. 1822.
Nuphar advena subsp. typica R.T.Clausen, Cornell Univ. Agric. Exp. Sta. Mem. 291: 7. 1949, nom. inadmiss.
Nuphar americana Prov, Fl. Canad. 28. 1863, nom. superfl.
Nuphar lutea subsp. advena (Aiton) Kartesz & Gandhi, Phytologia 67(6): 463. 1989.
Nymphaea arifolia Salisb., Ann. Bot. (König & Sims) 2: 71. 1805, nom. superfl.
Nymphona advena (Aiton) Nieuwl., Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 295. 1914.
Nymphozanthus advena (Aiton) Fernald, Rhodora 21: 186. 1919.
Heterotypic
Nymphaea lutea Walter, Fl. Carol. (Walter) 154. 1788, nom. illeg. non L. (1753)

References

Aiton, W. 1789. Hort. Kew. 2: 226.
Aiton, W.T. 1811 Hortus Kew. ed. 2, 3: 295.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Nuphar advena in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07 February 2009.

Vernacular names
Deutsch: Amerikanische Teichrose
English: Spatterdock
русский: Кубышка
svenska: Gulnäckrossläktet

Nuphar advena (spatterdock or cow lily or yellow pond-lily) is a species of Nuphar native throughout the eastern United States and in some parts of Canada, such as Nova Scotia.[1][2] It is similar to the Eurasian species N. lutea, and is treated as a subspecies of it by some botanists,[3] though differing significantly in genetics.[1]

It is locally naturalized in Britain.[4]
Medicinal and food uses

Spatterdock was long used in traditional medicine, with the root applied to the skin and/or both the root and seeds eaten for a variety of conditions. The seeds are edible, and can be ground into flour. The root is edible too, but can prove to be incredibly bitter in some plants.[5]
References

Flora of North America: Nuphar advena
"Nuphar advena". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 10 January 2018.
USDA Plants Profile: Nuphar lutea
Online Atlas of the British and Irish Flora: Nuphar advena
Northern Bushcraft