Is Blue Lotus (Nymphaea caerulea) Legal in Florida? (2026)

Legal

As of July 18, 2026, Blue Lotus (Nymphaea caerulea) is legal to sell at retail in Florida. Not scheduled; Salvia named but Nymphaea is not. Controlling source: Fla. Stat. Sec. 893.03(1)(c) (Schedule I).

Verified July 18, 2026 · confidence: confirmed
Rule type
permanent
Tier
unscheduled

Controlling language, verbatim

Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation that contains any quantity of the following hallucinogenic substances... 20. Mescaline. ... 31. Peyote. ... 35. Salvia divinorum... [no Nymphaea caerulea, nuciferine, or apomorphine]

Source of excerpt

Citations

  1. Fla. Stat. Sec. 893.03(1)(c) (Schedule I) (Florida Senate, 2026-06-25) PRIMARYOFFICIAL
  2. Fla. Stat. Sec. 893.03 (Justia mirror cross-check) (Justia, 2026-06-25)OFFICIAL

Where Blue Lotus (Nymphaea caerulea) stands across the country

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Among Florida's 2 neighbors, Alabama and Georgia are legal, the same posture as Florida.

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Federal posture

Not federally scheduled. Unscheduled federally; FDA has not approved it for human consumption Federal detail

Verbatim law on file for Florida

2 instruments on file for this compound's framework in Florida; 2 of 2 citations above are official sources. Each text carries its source and a fingerprint that changes when the law does.

Fla. Stat. § 893.03(1)(c) — Schedule I; item 194 ("Substituted Tryptamines"), with 4-HO-MET as a named sub-entry.OFFICIAL
Instrument
statute
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https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2025/893.03
Retrieved
2026-06-19
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**Named entry** — "x. 4-Hydroxy-MET (4-Hydroxy-N-methyl-N-ethyltryptamine)."
— Fla. Stat. § 893.03(1)(c)194., https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2025/893.03 (official Florida Senate, 2025 Florida Statutes)
**Class catch-all** — "194. Substituted Tryptamines.—Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, or contained within a pharmaceutical product approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation containing a 2-(1H-indol-3-yl)ethanamine, for example tryptamine, structure with or without mono- or di-substitution of the amine nitrogen with alkyl or alkenyl groups, or by inclusion of the amino nitrogen atom in a cyclic structure, whether or not substituted at the alpha position with an alkyl group, whether or not substituted on the indole ring to any extent with any alkyl, alkoxy, halo, hydroxyl, or acetoxy groups, including, but not limited to: …"
— Fla. Stat. § 893.03(1)(c)194., same URL
Fla. Stat. Sec. 893.03(1)(c)192 · Schedule I - Substituted Phenethylamines (including 5-MAPB at sub-subparagraph oo.)OFFICIAL
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Schedule I - Substituted Phenethylamines (including 5-MAPB at sub-subparagraph oo.)
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https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2024/Chapter893/All
Retrieved
2026-07-20
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192. Substituted Phenethylamines.-Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, or contained within a pharmaceutical product approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation, including its salts, isomers, esters, or ethers, and salts of isomers, esters, or ethers, whenever the existence of such salts is possible within any of the following specific chemical designations, any compound containing a phenethylamine structure, without a beta-keto group, and without a benzyl group attached to the amine group, whether or not the compound is further modified with or without substitution on the phenyl ring to any extent with alkyl, alkylthio, nitro, alkoxy, thio, halide, fused alkylenedioxy, fused furan, fused benzofuran, fused dihydrofuran, or fused tetrahydropyran substituents, whether or not further substituted on a ring to any extent, with or without substitution at the alpha or beta position by any alkyl substituent, with or without substitution at the nitrogen atom, and with or without inclusion of the 2-amino nitrogen atom in a cyclic structure, including, but not limited to: a. 2C-B (4-Bromo-2,5-dimethoxyphenethylamine). b. 2C-E (4-Ethyl-2,5-dimethoxyphenethylamine). c. 2C-T-4 (4-Isopropylthio-2,5-dimethoxyphenethylamine). d. 2C-C (4-Chloro-2,5-dimethoxyphenethylamine). e. 2C-T (4-Methylthio-2,5-dimethoxyphenethylamine). f. 2C-T-2 (4-Ethylthio-2,5-dimethoxyphenethylamine). g. 2C-T-7 (4-(n)-Propylthio-2,5-dimethoxyphenethylamine). h. 2C-I (4-Iodo-2,5-dimethoxyphenethylamine). i. 2C-D (4-Methyl-2,5-dimethoxyphenethylamine). j. 2C-H (2,5-Dimethoxyphenethylamine). k. 2C-N (4-Nitro-2,5-dimethoxyphenethylamine). l. 2C-P (4-(n)-Propyl-2,5-dimethoxyphenethylamine). m. MDMA (3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine). n. MBDB (Methylbenzodioxolylbutanamine) or (3,4-Methylenedioxy-N-methylbutanamine). o. MDA (3,4-Methylenedioxyamphetamine). p. 2,5-Dimethoxyamphetamine. q. Fluoroamphetamine. r. Fluoromethamphetamine. s. MDEA (3,4-Methylenedioxy-N-ethylamphetamine). t. DOB (4-Bromo-2,5-dimethoxyamphetamine). u. DOC (4-Chloro-2,5-dimethoxyamphetamine). v. DOET (4-Ethyl-2,5-dimethoxyamphetamine). w. DOI (4-Iodo-2,5-dimethoxyamphetamine). x. DOM (4-Methyl-2,5-dimethoxyamphetamine). y. PMA (4-Methoxyamphetamine). z. N-Ethylamphetamine. aa. 3,4-Methylenedioxy-N-hydroxyamphetamine. bb. 5-Methoxy-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine. cc. PMMA (4-Methoxymethamphetamine). dd. N,N-Dimethylamphetamine. ee. 3,4,5-Trimethoxyamphetamine. ff. 4-APB (4-(2-Aminopropyl)benzofuran). gg. 5-APB (5-(2-Aminopropyl)benzofuran). hh. 6-APB (6-(2-Aminopropyl)benzofuran). ii. 7-APB (7-(2-Aminopropyl)benzofuran). jj. 4-APDB (4-(2-Aminopropyl)-2,3-dihydrobenzofuran). kk. 5-APDB (5-(2-Aminopropyl)-2,3-dihydrobenzofuran). ll. 6-APDB (6-(2-Aminopropyl)-2,3-dihydrobenzofuran). mm. 7-APDB (7-(2-Aminopropyl)-2,3-dihydrobenzofuran). nn. 4-MAPB (4-(2-Methylaminopropyl)benzofuran). oo. 5-MAPB (5-(2-Methylaminopropyl)benzofuran). pp. 6-MAPB (6-(2-Methylaminopropyl)benzofuran). qq. 7-MAPB (7-(2-Methylaminopropyl)benzofuran). rr. 5-EAPB (5-(2-Ethylaminopropyl)benzofuran). ss. 5-MAPDB (5-(2-Methylaminopropyl)-2,3-dihydrobenzofuran), which does not include phenethylamine, mescaline as described in subparagraph 20., substituted cathinones as described in subparagraph 191., N-Benzyl phenethylamine compounds as described in subparagraph 193., or methamphetamine as described in subparagraph (2)(c)5.

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