Nymphaea micrantha Guill. & Perr.

Blue egyptian lotus (en), Nénuphar à petite fleur (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Nymphaeales > Nymphaeaceae > Nymphaea

Characteristics

The plant is viviporous from the second year; leaves and flowers of young plants often much smaller than those of the parent
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A water lily. The flowers have white to bluish petals. There sepals are spotted.
Petals white to bluish
Sepals spotted.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support aquatic
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in West Africa. It grows in wet grass savannah. It is in small lakes and pools. It can be in flooded rice.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses animal food food gene source medicinal
Edible fruits roots seeds
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Cultivation

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Images

Habit

Nymphaea micrantha habit picture by Maarten Vanhove (cc-by-sa)
Nymphaea micrantha habit picture by Maarten Vanhove (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Nymphaea micrantha world distribution map, present in Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, India, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Chad, and Togo

Conservation status

Nymphaea micrantha threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:605626-1
WFO ID wfo-0000382046
COL ID 486CV
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Nymphaea vivipara Nymphaea micrantha