Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Fringed Water-lily, Nymphoides peltata, Scéithín uisce
Photographs: Co. Cork

Fringed Water-lily
Nymphoides peltata
Scéithín uisce
Family: Menyanthaceae

Flowering July-September. Aquatic perennial. Garden escape.

Yellow flowers, the five petals with fringed edges. The fruit capsules contain flattened seeds with stiff marginal hairs. Leaves resemble small water-lily leaves. Spreads very rapidly as floating fragments root and establish easily.

Frequently planted in garden ponds and has the potential to become very invasive as a garden escape or discard.


Fringed Water-lily, Nymphoides peltata, Scéithín uisce

Fringed Water-lily, Nymphoides peltata, Scéithín uisce
Fringed Water-lily, Nymphoides peltata, Scéithín uisce

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