https://padlet.com/khenning13/12hq9kvibjxb Nelumbo lutea - lotus, water chinquapin, yellow lotus en-us 2016-11-02 16:13:25 UTC 2025-10-15 14:36:14 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Apple.png khenning13 https://padlet.com/khenning13/12hq9kvibjxb/wish/134844380 white blossom]]> 2016-11-02 16:31:47 UTC https://padlet.com/khenning13/12hq9kvibjxb/wish/134844380 khenning13 https://padlet.com/khenning13/12hq9kvibjxb/wish/134844772 yellow blossom]]> 2016-11-02 16:32:36 UTC https://padlet.com/khenning13/12hq9kvibjxb/wish/134844772 khenning13 https://padlet.com/khenning13/12hq9kvibjxb/wish/134845215 leaf and flower bud]]> 2016-11-02 16:33:30 UTC https://padlet.com/khenning13/12hq9kvibjxb/wish/134845215 khenning13 https://padlet.com/khenning13/12hq9kvibjxb/wish/134845820 empty seed pod]]> 2016-11-02 16:34:47 UTC https://padlet.com/khenning13/12hq9kvibjxb/wish/134845820 khenning13 https://padlet.com/khenning13/12hq9kvibjxb/wish/134847755 Leaves are simple, round, bluish-green in color, up to 2 feet in diameter, attached to the stem in center (no slit like water lilies). Leaves are flat if floating or conical if emergent and can stand above the water’s surface as high as 3 1/2 feet on the rigid stem.

Flowers are large (to 10 inches across) yellowish-white to yellow with 22-25 petals that open in the morning and close at night.

The center of the flower, the seed structure, is cone-shaped and has openings in which the seeds develop.

Light cream-yellow tuber.]]> 2016-11-02 16:38:50 UTC https://padlet.com/khenning13/12hq9kvibjxb/wish/134847755 khenning13 https://padlet.com/khenning13/12hq9kvibjxb/wish/134851330 The unopened leaves are edible like spinach and older leaves can be used to wrap food.

Stems taste somewhat like beets and are usually peeled before cooking.

The stamens of the flower can be dried and used to make a fragrant tea and entire dried flowers are used in cooking.

The seeds can also be boiled down and made into a paste. Mature seeds also have a good quantity of oil and can be popped. They can be eaten like peas when young. Boil in ample water 20 minutes, push them out of their shell, salt. Older seeds can be ground in to flour.

]]> 2016-11-02 16:46:30 UTC https://padlet.com/khenning13/12hq9kvibjxb/wish/134851330 khenning13 https://padlet.com/khenning13/12hq9kvibjxb/wish/134852343 N. lutea likes to grow in shallow ponds and along the edges of slow streams with clean water.]]> 2016-11-02 16:49:25 UTC https://padlet.com/khenning13/12hq9kvibjxb/wish/134852343 khenning13 https://padlet.com/khenning13/12hq9kvibjxb/wish/134855385 Roots year round though best in autumn, flowers in late spring or summer in Florida, later in northern climates, June through September.]]> 2016-11-02 16:57:15 UTC https://padlet.com/khenning13/12hq9kvibjxb/wish/134855385 khenning13 https://padlet.com/khenning13/12hq9kvibjxb/wish/134856354 Raw or cooked root, seeds, unopened leaves, and stems. HOWEVER, all parts better seeped  in water and cooked to reduce any bitterness. ]]> 2016-11-02 16:59:29 UTC https://padlet.com/khenning13/12hq9kvibjxb/wish/134856354 khenning13 https://padlet.com/khenning13/12hq9kvibjxb/wish/134861308 root]]> 2016-11-02 17:11:58 UTC https://padlet.com/khenning13/12hq9kvibjxb/wish/134861308 khenning13 https://padlet.com/khenning13/12hq9kvibjxb/wish/134866148 2016-11-02 17:22:56 UTC https://padlet.com/khenning13/12hq9kvibjxb/wish/134866148