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Water Lily

Nymphaea sp.

Photo by AndreaGuzman
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Field Notes

Description:

Water Lily flowers are wonderfully showy and fragrant, lasting only a few days. Some open during the day and close at night, others the opposite. Most are pollinated by beetles.

Habitat:

Water Lilies grow best in calm freshwater.

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PublishedApril 23, 2011

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