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Nymphaea pubescens
Also called Red Water Lily, Pink Water Lily
Nymphaea pubescens, the hairy water lily, is a tropical aquatic water lily with pink or red flowers, grown in ponds and large aquariums. It needs warm, still, non-acidic water and full sun.
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:
Nymphaea pubescens is used as an aquarium plant for large aquaria.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Nymphaea pubescens by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
