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Botanical details
- Family
- Nymphaeaceae
- Native to the UK
- No
- Potentially harmful
- Genus
Nymphaea
- Genus description
Nymphaea are rhizomatous, submerged aquatic perennials with floating, rounded leaves and showy, sometimes fragrant, cup- or bowl-shaped flowers in a wide range of colours, held on or above the water and followed by submerged, berry-like fruits
- Name status
Accepted
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