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Scientific name:	Nuphar shimadai (Hayata)
Common name:	River bone, Stream bone, Brandy bottle, Water lily, Yellow pond lily
English name:	Yellow water lily

Features:

Nuphar shimadai are perennial floating plants with stout, cylindrical rootstalks. The leaves clustering at the top of their rootstocks are oblong or ovate, whereas the leaves submerged underwater are shaped like arrows or hearts. Their petals appear degenerate and undistinguishable, and their seeds are round and yellowish-brown. Their bottle-shaped fruits have earned the plant the additional nickname of "Brandy bottle."

Habitat:

Nuphar shimadai are distributed primarily in Hsinchu, Taoyuan, and the ponds of central and southern Taiwan, which is the furthest south that this species appears in the entire world.