| Author | Gaertner | |
| Distribution | Scattered in the lower Piedmont and the Coastal Plain.
Native of China; in N.A. mostly in the southeastern states. | |
| Abundance | Rare; no collections since 1989. | |
| Habitat | Artificial ponds and impoundments; also "drainage runoff across road from lake." | |
| Phenology | Flowering late July - early September. | |
| Identification | In flower, the pink corolla -- composed of numerous petals -- separates it from N. lutea, which has a light yellow corolla. Vegetatively they probably cannot be told from each other. The flowers are among the largest of any species -- native or not --in the state. | |
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| State Rank | SE | |
| Global Rank | G5 | |
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| USACE-agcp | OBL link |
| USACE-emp | OBL link |
