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|genus=Nymphaea
|familia=Nymphaeaceae
|genus=Nymphaea
|species=odorata
|species=odorata
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|common_name=ragrant Water Lily, Beaver Root
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'''''Nymphaea odorata''''', also known as the '''Fragrant Water Lily''' and '''Beaver Root''', is a flower belonging to the genus ''[[Nymphaea]]''. It can commonly be found in lake shallows, ponds, and permanent slow moving waters throughout [[North America]] where it ranges from [[Central America]] to northern [[Canada]]. It is cultivated in aquatic gardens as an [[ornamental plant]] and it easily becomes a [[noxious weed]]. It is [[invasive species|invasive]] and weedy on the west coast of North America.
This plant is rooted from a branched [[rhizome]]s which give rise to long [[petiole]]s which terminate in smooth floating leaves. The leaves are very round.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=NYODO|title=Plant Profile|author=US Department of Agriculture|accessdate=2008-01-02}}</ref> The [[flower]]s also float and are generally typical of waterlilies. They are radially symmetric with prominent yellow [[stamen]]s and many white petals. The flowers open each day and close again each night and are very fragrant.
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Nymphaea odorata, Ait. (C. odorata, Woodv. & Wood). Sweet-scented Water-lily. Lvs. nearly orbicular, entire, somewhat coriaceous, dark green above, purplish red when young; under surface deep red to reddish green or almost pure green; diam. 5-10 in.; lobes usually diverging, but often touching or slightly overlapping; petioles greenish or brownish: fls. (in the type) white, 3-5 in. across, open 3 days from 6 A.M. till 12 M.; sepals green, tinged with reddish brown; petals 23-32, ovate to lance-ovate; stamens 55-113, yellow; outer filaments broad, white, petaloid; seed medium-sized. E. U. S., common. B.M. 819 (small). Gn. 4, p. 368; 55, p. 179. V. 2:196; 19:9.—Varies greatly in size and color, approaching N. tuberosa. Garden forms selected for size of fl. are called var. superba (.V. superba, Hort.) and N. lactea.
Nymphaea odorata, Ait. (C. odorata, Woodv. & Wood). Sweet-scented Water-lily. Lvs. nearly orbicular, entire, somewhat coriaceous, dark green above, purplish red when young; under surface deep red to reddish green or almost pure green; diam. 5-10 in.; lobes usually diverging, but often touching or slightly overlapping; petioles greenish or brownish: fls. (in the type) white, 3-5 in. across, open 3 days from 6 A.M. till 12 M.; sepals green, tinged with reddish brown; petals 23-32, ovate to lance-ovate; stamens 55-113, yellow; outer filaments broad, white, petaloid; seed medium-sized. E. U. S., common.—Varies greatly in size and color, approaching N. tuberosa. Garden forms selected for size of fl. are called var. superba (.V. superba, Hort.) and N. lactea.
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==Varieties==
==Varieties==
Subspecies:
* [[Nymphaea odorata subsp. odorata|''Nymphaea odorata'' ssp. ''odorata'']]
* [[Nymphaea odorata subsp. tuberosa|''Nymphaea odorata'' ssp. ''tuberosa'']]
==Gallery==
==Gallery==
==References==
==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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