[The Water-lily Family in the Columbia River
Gorge of Oregon and Washington]
Rocky Mountain Pond-lily, Spatterdock, Wakas, Yellow Pond Lily, Yellow Water-lily
Nuphar polysepalum
Synonyms: Nuphar lutea, Nuphar lutea ssp. polysepala, Nuphar polysepalum, Nymphaea polysepala, Nymphozanthus polysepalus
The photo above shows the floating, heart-shaped leaf and flower
scape extende 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.
Paul Slichter