Nymphaea carpentariae is a species of waterlily native to Queensland and Western Australia.
Nymphaea carpentariae is a perennial plant with 4 cm wide, globose to elongate rhizomes. The 45 cm wide, orbicular-elliptic leaves have dentate margins.
The fragrant flowers rise up to 40 cm above the water surface. The androecium consists of 150-300 stamens. The gynoecium consists of 7-19 carpels. The 4 cm wide, globose fruits bear spherical too elongate-sherical, 2âÂÂ3.5 mm long, and 2mm wide seeds with continuous rows of 0.1-0.15 mm long trichomes.
The chromosome count is n = ~42. The genome size is 1447.44 Mb.
It was first described by Surrey Wilfrid Laurance Jacobs and Carl Barre Hellquist in 2006.
The type specimen was collected by Jacobs and Hellquist in Burketown, Queensland, Australia on the 18th of April 2005.
It is placed in Nymphaea subgenus Anecphya.
The specific epithet carpentariae references the Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia.
The NCA status of Nymphaea carpentariae is Special Least Concern. According to the Western Australia Conservation status, it is a poorly-known species (P1).
It is found in lagoons, and in billabongs.
It has a named cultivar Nymphaea carpentariae "Julia Leu".