The North American yellow lotus has been called "semi-wild." For the Asian lotus, which has been maximally exploited for its economic value, it is already impossible to distinguish between "wild" and "manmade" varieties.
而北美的黃色荷花，至今被稱為「半野生種」，至於經濟效益被發揮到最高點的亞洲荷花，卻已難分野生、人工栽種之別。