Nymphaea
caerulea
(Casp.) S.W.L.Jacobs
WEED
This introduced aquatic plant
is commonly known as
Cape waterlily.
Nymphaea caerulea
is described as a "dicot"
in the
Nymphaeaceae
family.
In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is not classified as it is not native to Queensland.
Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.
The most common Nymphaea sp. in the Fraser Coast region. Also recorded on K'gari (Fraser Island). Regarded as a wetland species in Queensland WetlandInfo.
It has been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census and is
listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in the Atlas of Living Australia.
Reported at 21 Fraser Coast localities: Sunshine Acres, Dundowran Beach, Pacific Haven, Urraween, Prawle, Duckinwilla, Yengarie, Howard, Dunmora, Craignish, Yerra, Teddington, Urangan, Talegalla Weir, Burrum Heads, Walligan, Booral, Tuan Forest, Maryborough, K'gari, Owanyilla.
Fraser Coast distribution based on field reports.
AVH
