Nymphaea alba L.
![CHR 674651. Creator: R Pickering. © Landcare Research 2023. [Image: 4HMB]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/4HMB/SysPortalThumb)
![CHR 685819 A. Creator: I Schoenberger. © Landcare Research 2023. [Image: 4SHE]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/4SHE/SysPortalThumb)
![CHR 685819 B. Creator: I Schoenberger. © Landcare Research 2023. [Image: 4SHF]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/4SHF/SysPortalThumb)
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![Nymphaea alba. Habit. Creator: K.A. Ford. © Landcare Research 2019. [Image: 31BD]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/31BD/SysPortalThumb)
![Nymphaea alba. A rhizome with petiole scars and adventitious roots. Creator: K.A. Ford. © Landcare Research 2019. [Image: 31BE]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/31BE/SysPortalThumb)
![Nymphaea alba. The hard rhizome split open lengthwise and showing the production of new leaves from the crown. Creator: K.A. Ford. © Landcare Research 2019. [Image: 31BF]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/31BF/SysPortalThumb)
![Nymphaea alba. T.S. section of the peduncle showing air canals and astrosclerids (calcium oxalate crystals). Creator: K.A. Ford. © Landcare Research 2019. [Image: 31BG]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/31BG/SysPortalThumb)
![Nymphaea alba. A flower showing numerous tepals, stamens, and short stylar processes surrounding the stigmatic tissue on the top of the ovary. Creator: K.A. Ford. © Landcare Research 2019. [Image: 31BH]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/31BH/SysPortalThumb)
![Nymphaea alba. L.S. of a flower showing tepals, stamens and the semi-inferior, syncarpic ovary with its incurved stylar processes, and the central apical residuum (receptacle stalk). Creator: K.A. Ford. © Landcare Research 2019. [Image: 31BI]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/31BI/SysPortalThumb)
![Nymphaea alba. L.S. of the receptacle cup and apical residuum, showing the ovary with developing ovules and the apical stigmatic tissue (with secretary papillae), and surrounded by the incurved non-stigmatic stylar processes. Creator: K.A. Ford. © Landcare Research 2019. [Image: 31BJ]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/31BJ/SysPortalThumb)
![Nymphaea alba. Habit. Creator: P.D. Champion. © P.D. Champion 2019. [Image: 31BK]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/31BK/SysPortalThumb)
![CHR 69651 A. Creator: Charles Graham. © Landcare Research 2015. [Image: 2PI3]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/2PI3/SysPortalThumb)
![CHR 69651 B. Creator: Charles Graham. © Landcare Research 2015. [Image: 2PI4]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/2PI4/SysPortalThumb)
![CHR 674651. Creator: R Pickering. © Landcare Research 2023. [Image: 4HMB]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/4HMB/SysPortalPreview)
![CHR 685819 A. Creator: I Schoenberger. © Landcare Research 2023. [Image: 4SHE]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/4SHE/SysPortalPreview)
![CHR 685819 B. Creator: I Schoenberger. © Landcare Research 2023. [Image: 4SHF]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/4SHF/SysPortalPreview)
![© Landcare Research 2012. [Image: 16L0]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/16L0/SysPortalPreview)
![© Landcare Research 2012. [Image: 16L1]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/16L1/SysPortalPreview)
![© Landcare Research 2012. [Image: 16L2]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/16L2/SysPortalPreview)
![© Landcare Research 2012. [Image: 16L3]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/16L3/SysPortalPreview)
![Nymphaea alba. Habit. Creator: K.A. Ford. © Landcare Research 2019. [Image: 31BD]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/31BD/SysPortalPreview)
![Nymphaea alba. A rhizome with petiole scars and adventitious roots. Creator: K.A. Ford. © Landcare Research 2019. [Image: 31BE]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/31BE/SysPortalPreview)
![Nymphaea alba. The hard rhizome split open lengthwise and showing the production of new leaves from the crown. Creator: K.A. Ford. © Landcare Research 2019. [Image: 31BF]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/31BF/SysPortalPreview)
![Nymphaea alba. T.S. section of the peduncle showing air canals and astrosclerids (calcium oxalate crystals). Creator: K.A. Ford. © Landcare Research 2019. [Image: 31BG]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/31BG/SysPortalPreview)
![Nymphaea alba. A flower showing numerous tepals, stamens, and short stylar processes surrounding the stigmatic tissue on the top of the ovary. Creator: K.A. Ford. © Landcare Research 2019. [Image: 31BH]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/31BH/SysPortalPreview)
![Nymphaea alba. L.S. of a flower showing tepals, stamens and the semi-inferior, syncarpic ovary with its incurved stylar processes, and the central apical residuum (receptacle stalk). Creator: K.A. Ford. © Landcare Research 2019. [Image: 31BI]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/31BI/SysPortalPreview)
![Nymphaea alba. L.S. of the receptacle cup and apical residuum, showing the ovary with developing ovules and the apical stigmatic tissue (with secretary papillae), and surrounded by the incurved non-stigmatic stylar processes. Creator: K.A. Ford. © Landcare Research 2019. [Image: 31BJ]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/31BJ/SysPortalPreview)
![Nymphaea alba. Habit. Creator: P.D. Champion. © P.D. Champion 2019. [Image: 31BK]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/31BK/SysPortalPreview)
![CHR 69651 A. Creator: Charles Graham. © Landcare Research 2015. [Image: 2PI3]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/2PI3/SysPortalPreview)
![CHR 69651 B. Creator: Charles Graham. © Landcare Research 2015. [Image: 2PI4]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/2PI4/SysPortalPreview)
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Nymphaea alba L., Sp. Pl. 510–511 (1753)
Nymphaea alba L.
Nomenclature
L.
L.
1753
510–511
ICN
Nymphaea alba L.
species
Nymphaea alba
Classification
Vernacular names
Descriptions
Nymphaea alba L.
Aquatic herb. Rhizome creeping, stout; brood-bodies 0. Lvs suborbicular to elliptic with deep, slightly spreading basal sinus, entire, glabrous, not brown-blotched, (6)-10-25 × (6)-10-25 cm; basal lobes not usually over-lapping. Sepals 4, lanceolate, acute, white above, green beneath, obscurely veined, decaying after flowering, 40-70 × 15-25 mm. Petals usually white, rarely pink, veined, 50-90 × 20-30 mm. Filaments of innermost stamens c. 1 mm wide. Stigma flat; rays 14-20. Seeds 2-3 mm long.
Taxonomic concepts
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Notes
Etymology
Named for the flower colour alba (Latin), white or pale.
Metadata
1be0e8aa-48d5-420a-8a29-05fcd36c3775
scientific name
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1 January 2000
9 June 2022
