Nymphaea alba

Also known as white water-lily

species of plant

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Nymphaea alba, commonly known as the white water lily, is an aquatic flowering plant that grows in freshwater ponds and lakes across Europe and temperate Asia. It has been culturally significant throughout history and remains important to wetland ecosystems as a food source for wildlife and a natural water filter.

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Species

Least Concern

Nymphaea alba

SPECIES

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderNymphaeales
FamilyNymphaeaceae

Habitatfreshwater

Native toAlbania, Algeria, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark

Observations recorded117,171

Chile Central

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Wikidata facts

Image: Nymphaea alba in Duisburg.jpg

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taxon name: Nymphaea alba
Commons category: Nymphaea alba
Commons gallery: Nymphaea alba
GRIN URL: npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=25429
taxon common name: beli lokvanj
short name: N. alba
taxon author citation: L.

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Article

Nymphaea alba – commonly called the white water lily, European white water lily, or white nenuphar (/ˈnɛnjʊfɑːr/ NEN-yuu-far) – is an aquatic flowering plant in the family Nymphaeaceae. It is native to North Africa, temperate Asia, Europe, and tropical Asia (Jammu and Kashmir).

Since Nymphaea alba is an aquatic plant, its specialized trichomes are hydropotes, formed at an abaxial surface of the young leaf and packed tightly in the rosette at the rhizome's flattened apex. The rhizomes contain high amounts of carbohydrate and protein.