Freshwater
Nuphar japonica
Nymphaeaceae
Facts
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Description
Nuphar japonica, known as East Asian yellow water-lily, is a perennial, aquatic, rhizomatous, herb in the family Nymphaeaceae native to Japan, Korea, and Russia. Nuphar japonica is one of three species in the genus Nuphar that is dispersed in the same geographical location of the Saijo Basin, an area in the Hiroshima Prefecture of Japan.
Other names
Other scientific names
- Nymphaea japonica
- Nymphozanthus japonicus
In other languages
- Soleienøkkerose
- Japansk näckros, Japansk gulnäckros
- Japaninulpukka
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