Sleeping Beauty Water-lily

Likely more common than suggested by the known county occurrences as likely overlooked since its blooms are nocturnal.

It is not clear to this author why anyone would seek out this plant except as a curiosity.  It begins blooming around 11 pm and the flowers are closed by 5 am.



Useful as a curiosity in an aquatic garden as flowers open only late at night and closed by morning.

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.



Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Open only at night. Fragrant.

Aquatic. Marsh, lake. Roadside ditches.

• Aroma, fragrance, Showy flowers
• This particular water lily blooms only at night.  Personal observation, and a published research study suggest that the pollinator (s) may be beetles.