#great yellow pondlily

[thebashfulbotanist]

Nuphar polysepala, called the great yellow pondlily or spatterdock, is an unusual-looking pondlily common in the Pacific Northwest. The showy yellow flowers are about the size of a baseball, and the leaves stand out of the water like those of a lotus, but pondlilies and lotuses are in different families. This plant was used by many Native American peoples in the Pacific Northwest for both food and medicines - one cool fact about the seeds is that they’re edible and can be popped like popcorn!

[coyote-mints]

I saw some of these while kayaking in the Sierra Nevada!

Nuphar polysepala, called the great yellow pondlily or spatterdock, is an unusual-looking pondlily common in the Pacific Northwest. The showy yellow flowers are about the size of a baseball, and the leaves stand out of the water like those of a lotus, but pondlilies and lotuses are in different families. This plant was used by many Native American peoples in the Pacific Northwest for both food and medicines - one cool fact about the seeds is that they’re edible and can be popped like popcorn!