Nymphaea lotus L.

WHITE EGYPTIAN LOTUS

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This treatment may include plants referred to as N. pubescens, N. rubra, or hybrids thereof. Plants with crimson-red petals have been referred to as N. rubra, possibly a hybrid of N. lotus and N. pubescens. It is unclear how N. lotus (African) and N. pubescens (Asian) can be unequivocally distinguished; possibly N. pubescens has pinker petals more often (Hooker 1875; Wiersema 1982; Verdcourt 1989; Sharma et al. 1993; La-ongsri et al. 2009; Dkhar et al. 2010, 2013; Guruge et al. 2016).

Not Native OBL (NWPL) OBL (DEP)