[5][8] The tubers, which often develop leaves and roots prior to their detachment, break off easily from the proliferating pseudanthia.

[5] It was first described by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius and Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini in 1832.

[1] The type specimen was collected close to Joazerio in the state of Bahia, Brazil.

[4][9][5] Nymphaea lasiophylla may face loss of habitat, due to climate change.

[11] Nymphaea lasiophylla is found growing in temporary bodies of water along roadsides, in depressions in arid climate regions, in coastal lagoons,[12] in artificial ponds, and in stagnant waters.

[5] Populations of Nymphaea lasiophylla have the ability to persist in and dominate temporary aquatic habitats.