species
Nuphar lutea
Yellow cowlily · Yellow pond-lily · Yellow pondlily · Yellow water-lily
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Nuphar lutea belongs to the family Nymphaeaceae, also known as Yellow cowlily, Yellow pond-lily, Yellow pondlily or Yellow water-lily, native to the UK. It grows in full sun or part shade, where the ground is neutral and in poorly drained or boggy conditions. It tolerates coastal exposure.
Assembled from the attributes recorded below.
What this plant needs
- Aspect
- Full sun, Part shade
- Acidity
- Neutral
- Moisture
- Poorly drained, Boggy
- Coastal
- Tolerates salt wind
- In the UK
- Native
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