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Giant waterlily or blue waterlily
Nymphaea gigantea
About
Nymphaea gigantea, commonly known as the giant waterlily or blue waterlily, is a perennial, herbaceous plant in the family Nymphaeaceae which is native to parts of northern and eastern Australia, and possibly New Guinea, and has been widely cultivated elsewhere. It is an aquatic plant whose natural habitat is permanent and semi-permanent still water bodies.
- Family
- Nymphaeaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Nymphaea gigantea
- Slug
- nymphaea-gigantea
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Nymphaeaceae
- Genus
- Nymphaea
- Species
- gigantea
- Wikidata QID
- Q150010
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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