Nymphaea noelae is a species of water lily endemic to Queensland, Australia.

[2] Nymphaea noelae is an annual or perennial aquatic plant with 2 cm wide, globose rhizomes.

The abaxial leaf surface is purple towards the periphery, but green in the centre.

[2] Type specimen was collected by Surrey Wilfrid Laurance Jacobs and Carl Barre Hellquist in Jerry Lagoon, Cape York, Queensland, Australia on the 17th of June 2007.

[3] The NCA status of Nymphaea noelae is Special Least Concern (SL).