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Sweet Water-lily

Nymphaea odorata

Photo by Christine Y.
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Field Notes

Description:

Floating, white flowers with many petals and long, yellow stamens. The plant is rooted from rhizomes, which give rise to smooth floating leaves that are covered with a waxy upper coating, which is water-repellent.

Habitat:

Spotted very early in the morning in a large pond next to a mixed forest.

Notes:

The flowers open each day and close again at night. Once the flowers get pollinated, the developing fruit gets pulled back underwater for maturation.

Reference Links:

Nymphaea odorata - Wikipedia

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Flowers of North America
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Spotted in Summer in the North East
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Flowers of Northeastern USA

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PublishedDecember 15, 2017

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