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Nymphaea elegans Hook.
Blue waterlily, Tropical royalblue waterlily

Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer

Family: Nymphaeaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Freshwater Aquatic

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Southeastern United States, the West Indies (Bahamas) and Mexico.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

Florida Natural Areas Inventory State Status: Not listed

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Imperiled

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

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Other data on Nymphaea elegans available from :

	Occurrence	Native Status
Nymphaea elegans has been found in the following 14 conservation areas :
Big Cypress National Preserve	Present	Native
Caloosahatchee Creeks Preserve	Present	Native
Collier-Seminole State Park	Present	Native
Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary	Present	Native
Everglades National Park	Possibly Extirpated	Possibly Extirpated
Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Fred C. Babcock-Cecil M. Webb Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
Okaloacoochee Slough State Forest, Okaloacoochee Slough Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
Okaloacoochee Slough Wildlife Management Area - FWC, Okaloacoochee Slough Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
Picayune Strand State Forest	Present	Native
Prairie Pines Preserve	Present	Native
Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve	Present	Native
Wild Turkey Strand Preserve	Present	Native
Yellow Fever Creek Preserve	Present	Native