As of October 22, 2026, Blue Lotus (Nymphaea caerulea) is legal to sell at retail in Iowa. Not scheduled; no named ban or consumption restriction. Controlling source: Iowa Code Sec. 124.204(4) (Schedule I hallucinogenic substances).
Verified October 22, 2026 (hash check) · confidence: confirmed4. Hallucinogenic substances. Unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, any material, compound, mixture, or preparation, which contains any quantity of the following hallucinogenic substances, or which contains any of its salts, isomers, and salts of isomers... [closed list; no Nymphaea, nuciferine, or apomorphine]
Among Iowa's 6 neighbors, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wisconsin are legal, the same posture as Iowa.
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Not federally scheduled. Unscheduled federally; FDA has not approved it for human consumption Federal detail
1 instrument on file for this compound's framework in Iowa; 1 of 1 citations above are official sources. Each text carries its source and a fingerprint that changes when the law does.
e299c19e0a0f45ee**§ 124.204(4):** "Hallucinogenic substances. … any material, compound, mixture, or preparation, which contains any quantity of the following hallucinogenic substances, or which contains any of its salts, isomers, and salts of isomers … (for purposes of this subsection only, the term 'isomer' includes the optical, position and geometric isomers): … bufotenine; … diethyltryptamine; … dimethyltryptamine; … psilocybin; … psilocyn; … alpha-ethyltryptamine; … 5-MeO-DIPT; … alpha-methyltryptamine; … 5-methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine." (4-HO-MET not listed; isomer-only catch-all does not reach a homolog.) — Iowa Code § 124.204(4), official Iowa Legislature: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/124.204.pdf **Scope of prohibited acts — § 124.401:** reaches only "a controlled substance, a counterfeit substance, a simulated controlled substance, or an imitation controlled substance." The only "analog" hooks are narrow — "analogs of methamphetamine" and "analogs of ephedrine … pseudoephedrine." Neither reaches a tryptamine. — Iowa Code § 124.401, official: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/124.401.pdf
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