Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Nymphaea odorata Aiton ssp. tuberosa (Paine) Wiersma & Hellquist

Family: Nymphaeceae

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Castalia tuberosa (Paine) Greene, Nymphaea odorata Aiton var. maxima (Conrad) Boivin, Nymphaea reniformis DC., Nymphaea tuberosa Paine

Common names:

American white waterlily (Present) (50)

Common white waterlily [Common white water lily] (1930, IA) (82)

Magnolia waterlily (1923-1942) (138, 155)

Moc-cup-pin (1806, Chippewa, probably this species - William Clark) (35)

Tuber-bearing waterlily [Tuber-bearing water lily] (1899, IA) (63)

Tuberous waterlily [Tuberous water-lily] (1923-1949) (109, 156)

Tuberous white waterlily [Tuberous white water lily, Tuberous white water-lily] (1907-1938) (5, 72, 93, 97, 120)

White waterlily [White water lily, White water-lily] (1900-1986) (3, 4, 82, 85, 120, 157)

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