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Nymphaea nouchali
(Blue waterlily)
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Nymphaea nouchali
(Blue waterlily) growing in farm dam, Houwhoek, Western Cape, South
Africa. [photo
H.G.
Robertson, Iziko ©] |
Pink form of Nymphaea nouchali
(Blue waterlily) growing in Helderberg Nature Reserve, Western Cape,
South Africa. [photo
H.G.
Robertson, Iziko ©] |
The commonest of the waterlilies in southern Africa,
found throughout the region where there is clear, still water.
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