Yellow Lotus or American Lotus
Nelumbo
lutea
This is a native plant and only found in one cove of
Lake Norman. The American Lotus is native from
the Great Lakes south to Florida and west to Texas.
Its flowers are
extremely large, typically six inches wide. Flowers are luminescent yellow
with many petals and stamens. American lotus
leaves are circular, and do not
have a "cut", as do water lily leaves. The lotus leaf is on a long, stiff
stalk that is connected to the
leaf at the very center of the leaf, umbrella-like. American lotus
seedpods are sold as ornamental
items.
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Photo taken on Lake Norman 2000 |
