Freshwater
Egyptian white water-lily
Nymphaea lotus
Nymphaeaceae
Facts
Care
- Growth form
- Under water
- Placement
- Midground, Surface
- Light
- Medium
- CO₂
- Not needed
- Growth
- Fast
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Height
- Up to 60 cm
Range
NativeIntroduced
Lives wild in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, and 32 more countries.
Introduced to Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, French Polynesia, Guyana, Mauritius, Panama, Romania, and 3 more countries.
More about the species
Description
Nymphaea lotus, the white Egyptian lotus, tiger lotus, white lotus, or Egyptian water-lily, is a flowering plant of the family Nymphaeaceae.
Other names
Other scientific names
- Castalia lotus
- Leuconymphaea lotus
In other languages
- Egyptisk vitlotus
- Tiikerilumme
- Tiger lotus, White lotus
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