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Yellow Water-lily (fruits & flowers)
Nuphar lutea
52.7823, 5.95323
Field Notes
Description:
The flower is solitary, terminal, held above the water surface; it is hermaphrodite, 2–4 cm diameter, with five or six large bright yellow sepals and numerous small yellow petals largely concealed by the sepals. Flowering is from June to September, and pollination is entomophilous, by flies attracted to the alcoholic scent. The flower is followed by a green bottle-shaped fruit, containing numerous seeds which are dispersed by water currents.
In the first pic you can see the green fruit; in the others, the flowers.
Habitat:
This aquatic plant grows in shallow water and wetlands, with its roots in the sediment and its leaves floating on the water surface; it can grow in water up to 5 metres deep.
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Nuphar lutea
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PublishedAugust 25, 2013
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