Nymphaea glandulifera is a species of waterlily native to tropical America.

No stolons or proliferate pseudanthia are known to occur in Nymphaea glandulifera.

Additionally, there have been reports of Cyclocephala castanea beetles visiting Nymphaea glandulifera flowers in Surinam.

[3] In Bolivia it has been reported to grow in seasonally inundated savannas, or in small pools associated with streams of water.

[3][6] The specific epithet glandulifera means "gland bearing".