Seasonal Wild Flowers

Fringed Water-lily

Nymphoides peltata

Menyanthaceae

June to September

It is native in parts of the fens in East Anglia and a few places

in the Thames Valley.

The naturalised escape is scattered throughout the country, but

is less frequent in the North.

For a map see the National Biodiversity Network Gateway

It grow in shallow water in lakes, ponds, slow flowing rivers,

canals and large fenland ditches.

It has become widely naturalised from material deliberately

planted in the wild or discarded.

Fringed Water-lily is a native, rhizomatous, perennial, floating

herb.

The yellow flowers project above the water, are up to 4cm and

have 5 fringed-petals and 5 yellow stamens.

Leaves are up to 10cm across, cleft and slightly wavy along

the edge.

Fringed Water-lily, Bailrigg Lake, Lancaster

Flower with fringed petals

Side view

Leaf