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European White Waterlily
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European White Waterlily

Nymphaea alba

Nymphaea alba, the white waterlily, European white water lily or white nenuphar, is an aquatic flowering plant in the family Nymphaeaceae. It is native to North Africa, temperate Asia, Europe and tropical Asia (Jammu and Kashmir).

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

European White Waterlily in Hortus Eystettensis

Hortus Eystettensis

Basilius Besler · 1640 · p.122

European White Waterlily in De medicinali materia libri sex

De medicinali materia libri sex

Dioscorides · 1552 · p.489

European White Waterlily in Living Images of Plants

Living Images of Plants

Otto Brunfels · 1532 · p.44

European White Waterlily in Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter

Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter

Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.1065

European White Waterlily in Six Groups of the History of Plants

Six Groups of the History of Plants

Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.596

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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 62009.