[The Water-lily Family on Mt. Adams]

Yellow Water-lily, Indian Pond Lily, Spatterdock

Nuphar polysepalum

Yellow Water-lily, Indian Pond Lily, Spatterdock: Nuphar polysepalum

The photo above shows the yellow water-lily as seen at Mirror Lake in the Yakama Nation at the southeastern corner of Mt. Adams.................July 17, 2005.

Yellow Water-lily, Indian Pond Lily, Spatterdock: Nuphar polysepalum

The photo above shows the floating, heart-shaped leaf with the flower scape extending above the water of yellow water-lily as seen at Mirror Lake in the Yakama Nation at the southeastern corner of Mt. Adams.................July 17, 2005.

Yellow Water-lily, Indian Pond Lily, Spatterdock: Nuphar polysepalum

Yellow water-lily blooming in a shallow pond with buckbean (Menyanthes trifoliata) in upper Muddy Meadows on the north side of Mt. Adams...........August 28, 2012.

Paul Slichter