The Yellow Waterlily, the Earliest Wildflower in the Middle and New England States

The waterlily family nymphosia, large yellow pond or waterlily cow nily or spatter dock nymphea advena or neufar advena. Leaves floating, nearly round, slit at bottom, shining green above, reddish and more or less hairy below,. 4 to twelve inches across, attached to petiol at center of lower surface. Petaloid filaments with short anthers, inner yellow stamens with slender filaments and elongated anthers; carples of indefinite number united into a compound pistol with spreading and projecting stigmas. Flowering season from April to September in moist woods, open groves, low