qw’əә́ m’əәtx

qw’əә́ m’əәtx - western yellow pond-lily

Hul’q’umi’num’ Name: qw’əә́ m’əәtx

Taxon Name: Nuphar polysepala

“Common” Name: western yellow pond-lily

Cultural Values:

Ecological Community: Freshwater

Wikipedia summary:
Nuphar polysepala (the great yellow pond-lily or wokas; syn. Nuphar polysepalum orth. err., Nuphar lutea subsp. polysepala (Engelm.) E.O.Beal) is a species of Nuphar native to western North America. The name Nuphar is Greek for “water-lily” and polysepala means many sepals. It is commonly found in shallow muddy ponds from northern Alaska and Yukon southward to

Observational Data:
First reported: 2015-08-20
Source: iNat
Last reported: 2023-05-26
Source: iNat
Obervation count: 7