Nymphaea pubescens
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| Hairy water lily (Nymphaea pubescens) | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Order: | Nymphaeales |
| Family: | Nymphaeaceae |
| Genus: | Nymphaea |
| Species: | N. pubescens |
| Binomial name | |
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Nymphaea pubescens Willd. |
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| Synonyms | |
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Nymphaea rubra Roxb. ex Andrews |
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Nymphaea rubra Roxb. ex Andrews
Nymphaea edulis (Salisb.) DC.
Nymphaea esculenta Roxb.
Nymphaea lotus L. var. pubescens (Willd.) Hook. f. & Thomson
Nymphaea magnifica (Salisb.) Conard
Nymphaea purpurea Rehnelt & F. Henkel
Nymphaea rosea (Sims) Sweet
Nymphaea pubescens, the hairy water lily or pink water-lily, is a species of water lily.
This plant is common in shallow lakes and ponds throughout temperate and tropical Asia: Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Yunnan, Taiwan, Philippines, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia and Malaysia.
It is also found in northeastern Australia and Papua New Guinea.
The hairy water lily is found both as a cultivated plant as well as in the wild. It prefers non-acidic waters and it does not tolerate temperatures below 15 °C.
The hairy water lily is an aquatic plant having erect perennial rhizomes or rootstocks that anchor it to the mud in the bottom. The rhizomes produce slender stolons.
Its leave blades are round above the water and heart-shaped below 15–26(–50) cm, papery, abaxially densely pubescent. Some of the leaves that emerge rise slightly above the water held by their stem in lotus fashion, but most of them just float on the surface. The floating leaves have undy edges that make a crenellate effect.
The hairy water lily is also commercialized as an aquarium plant. The underwater leaves of this species have a handsome appearance that is appreciated by aquarists who often remove the floating leves to keep it as a fully subaquatic plant.
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