Nymphaea candida

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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.).

Read about Nymphaea candida in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Nymphaea candida, Presl (N. biradiata, Somm. N. semiaperta, Klinggraef. N. alba minor, DC. N. nitida, Sims?). Similar to No. 24: line of insertion of the sepals angular, projecting downward: lowest pair of veins of lf. (veins of the lobes) curved toward one another: all of the filaments broader than their anthers: fr. ovoid; seed large. Cent, and N. Eu. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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