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Nuphar lutea
USDA says it's native to the US. Wikipedia says it's native to Europe, Asia, and Africa. Missouribotanicalgarden.org says it's native to Eurasia, northern Africa, eastern United States, West Indies.
Spotted on Jun 14, 2009
Submitted on Mar 6, 2013
4 Comments
It's definitely confusing. USDA says N. lutea is the current correct name for N. advena, while the ufl site says N. advena is the current correct name for N. lutea. For no special reason, I go with the USDA nomenclature when I find such contradictions. I'll edit the spotting to include the common names spatterdock and cow lily.
I thought spatterdock, Nuphar advena, also. http://plants.ifas.ufl.edu/node/288
Spatterdock is another common name for this plant (and other species in this genus). Aka yellow pond lily. According to the USDA, there is only one species in found in the US, Nuphar lutea; plants once considered separate species, e.g., N. polysepala (found in the western half of North America), are now classified as subspecies of N. lutea.
That looks really similar to a plant called Splatterdock!