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Pygmy waterlily

Nymphaea tetragona

Also called Pygmy water-lily, Small White Water Lily, Northern Small White Water Lily

Pygmy waterlily
Photo: National Institute of Ecology, KOGL Type 1
Family
Nymphaeaceae (Water-lily family)
Grows as
Aquatic, Perennial
Water
Likes moisture
Native range
NE. Europe to Korea and Himalaya, Subarctic America to NW. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Nymphaea tetragona is an aquatic perennial, species of flowering plant commonly called pygmy waterlily and small white water lily, belonging to the family Nymphaeaceae.

Where it grows

Its distribution encompasses Midwestern Nepal, China, India, Japan, Kashmir, Kazakhstan, Korea, Russia, Vietnam, North America, and Europe.

Other Nymphaea plants

Nymphaea abhayana · White Water Lily · White Water-lily · Nymphaea alexii · Amazon waterlily · Dotleaf waterlily · Nymphaea atrans · Nymphaea belophylla · Nymphaea caatingae · White Water Lily · Nymphaea carpentariae · Nymphaea nouchali var. zanzibariensis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Nymphaea tetragona by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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