Nelumbo Lutea: The American Yellow Lotus
Matthew F. Omojola, MB
The American lotus, otherwise known as yellow lotus, vol茅e, water-chinquapin and the scienti铿乧 name, Nelumbo lutea, is an aquatic plant native to North America. It grows as a carpet of beautiful yellow 铿俹wers with windswept, umbrella-like, large green leaves and shower-head鈥搇ike seed pods on bodies of water. I developed this project to document the natural history of this beautiful American lotus over several summers. I took the photographs below on Lake Manawa in Council Blu铿�s, Iowa, and Carter Lake in Carter Lake, Iowa. .
These four photos are representative of the various stages of the plant:
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