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white water lily
Nymphaea candida
Nymphaea candida J. Presl is a species of aquatic perennial herbaceous plants in the genus Nymphaea native to quiet freshwater habitats in Eurasia, it is in flower from July to August. It is sometimes treated as a subspecies of N. alba (N. alba L. subsp. candida (J. Presl) Korsh.)
From the article Nymphaea candida on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Range & habitat
It grows in the quiet freshwaters in Eurasia. The plant grows only in water, as it is an aquatic plant, mainly in ponds, lakes, and slow flowing streams.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Living Images of Plants
Otto Brunfels · 1532 · p.44
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.569
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.567
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.1065
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.596
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Nymphaea candida in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 196966.