American lotus
നെലംബോ ലൂട്ടിയअमेरिकन कमळ
Nelumbo lutea (Willd.) Pers.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Plenty
- tall
- 1.2 m
- wide
- —
Nelumbonaceae
Also called Rattle nut, Yockernut, Duck acorns, Alligator buttons, Great yellow lily
Formerly Cyamus flavicomus, Cyamus luteus, Cyamus mysticus, Cyamus nelumbo, and 9 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Rhizomatous hydrogeophyteKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- SE. Canada to Mexico, Greater Antilles, ColombiaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 91 cm to 1.5 mRead from NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: NC State Extension 3–6 ft; Wikipedia 0.8–1.5 m
- Water
- Plenty: wet or constantly moistRead from NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources
- Flowers
- YellowRead from NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: NC State Extension cream, yellow; Wikipedia white, yellow
- Coldest it survives
- -34.4 °C (USDA zone 4a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: spread, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- French
- lotus jaune d'Amérique
- Spanish
- loto americano
- Chinese (China)
- 美洲黄莲, 黄莲花
- Czech
- lotos žlutý
- Portuguese
- Lótus-amarelo
- Ojibwa
- Wesawasa'kwûne'k odîte'abûg
- Japanese
- アメリカキバス, キバナバス, 黄花蓮
- Polish
- Lotos żółty
- Russian
- Лотос жёлтый
- Vietnamese
- Sen trắng
- Chinese
- 美洲黄蓮, 美国黄莲, 美洲黄莲
- German
- Amerikanische Lotosblume
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, Public domain
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- 3D model: Nelumbo lutea (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.